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Indonesian stocks plunge 11% as MSCI proposes emerging market downgrade

Euronews /

Also: Bloomberg Why Indonesia Risks Being Removed From MSCI’s Global Indexes, Financial Times MSCI warns it may cut Indonesia from main indices, The New York Times Indonesian Stocks Plunge as MSCI Threatens to Drop Market from Indexes, The Wall Street Journal Indonesian Stocks Dive as MSCI Weighs Downgrade to Standalone Market · see all

In other languages: Expansión MSCI excluye a Indonesia de sus índices y desata un desplome del 11% (es), Cinco Días La Bolsa de Indonesia se desploma más del 10% ante el riesgo de exclusión del proveedor de índices MSCI (es), The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 세계 누비는 美 헬기가 '한국산'…글로벌 방산社 직거래 뚫은 韓 중소기업 (ko)

  1. Warsh Vows Price Stability as A.I. Delivers ‘Shock’ to Economy

    Patricia Cohen / The New York Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Fed's Warsh Says AI Will Change Monetary Policy Conduct, Mint ‘Most consequential change’: Kevin Warsh says AI will reshape US economy, warns of a ‘bumpy’ road ahead, Euronews Fed’s Warsh sees AI boosting productivity but gives no signal on next rate hike, Financial Times Dollar weakens as Fed’s Warsh declines to hint at October rate rise, MarketWatch Here are the key things Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh said — and didn’t say — while Americans were sleeping Thursday night · see all

    In other languages: Le Figaro Essor de l’IA : «Le changement le plus déterminant» pour l'économie mondiale actuelle pour le patron de la Fed (fr), Le Temps Le patron de la Fed voit dans l'IA le «changement le plus déterminant» de sa vie pour l'économie mondiale (fr), Jornal de Negócios Presidente da Fed diz que IA vai mudar "fundamentalmente" o trabalho dos bancos centrais (pt), Handelsblatt US-Notenbank: Fed-Chef Warsh preist „enorme Investitionswelle“ bei KI und gibt Investoren neue Zuversicht (de) · see all

  2. Western open-weight models still can’t beat China

    Rina Chandran / Rest of World /

    In other languages: Dagens industri Daniel Ek och Nvidias vd slår ett slag för öppna AI-modeller (sv)

  3. Uruguay signs a US$5.7 billion data centre investment with Spain’s Solaria

    MercoPress /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Spain’s Solaria to invest $5.7bn in Uruguay data centres

  4. IMF Sees One More BOJ Hike Toward Neutral, Urges Flexibility

    Erica Yokoyama / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: El País El FMI advierte de que el “mediocre crecimiento” de la zona euro se prolongará a medio plazo (es), La Nación El FMI ratificó su confianza en el crecimiento económico de la Argentina, pero advirtió sobre el mercado laboral (es)

  5. Can Lufthansa’s TAP takeover challenge Air France-KLM in Africa?

    Salimata Koné / The Africa Report /

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Lufthansa dá pela TAP tanto quanto a Air France-KLM vale em bolsa (pt)

  6. The Falklands dispute threatens Argentina’s bid to join the trans-Pacific trade pact

    MercoPress /

  7. The French Political Crisis That's Turning Into a Debt Crisis

    Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway / Bloomberg /

    Also: Odd Lots The French Political Crisis That's Turning Into a Debt Crisis

  8. Energy Shock Filtering Through US Economy Complicates Fed’s Job

    Jeffrey Sparshott / Bloomberg /

  9. Fitch keeps Ethiopia at restricted default as $1bn Eurobond restructuring nears completion, Tigray war looms

    bne IntelliNews /

  10. EU member states struggle to reach an agreement to lower energy prices

    Le Monde /

  11. Toyota to debut its own version of Tesla EV-making tech in China

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Toyota to Debut Its Own Version of Tesla EV-Making Tech in China

  12. The data centre IPO debacle that sparked a market meltdown

    Financial Times /

  13. After Welcoming China’s Electric Vehicles, This Country Is Paying the Price

    Sui-Lee Wee / The New York Times /

  14. EU vows to maintain Russia sanctions after US pivot

    Financial Times /

  15. Trump administration logs record foreign investment

    Eleanor Mueller / Semafor /

  16. India wants to promote rupee trade settlement to help partner facing hard currency shortage: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

    The Economic Times /

  17. Bank of England Governor Says Too Early to Make Call on Second-Round Inflation

    Fabiana Negrin Ochoa / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Financial Times ‘Early days’ to see full effect of energy prices on inflation, BoE’s Bailey says

    In other languages: Dagens industri BOE-chefen: Energipriserna har inte spridit sig – än (sv)

  18. US-Sudan: Burhan pitches Saudi-backed ceasefire and access to minerals in letter to Trump

    Julian Pecquet / The Africa Report /

  19. Ukraine Resumes Strikes On Russian Refineries

    Amira McKee / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: The New York Times Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries, Kyiv Post ‘We’re Done’: Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries, Financial Times Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says, Semafor Ukraine to restart strikes on Russian refineries · see all

  20. Republicans turn on Trump’s tariffs in battle for ‘political survival’

    Financial Times /

  21. Why Bad News in the Bond Market May Be Good News for Investors

    Jeff Sommer / The New York Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Nvidia Partner GMI Cloud Calls CoreWeave’s 15% Yield ‘Insane’

  22. Russia Builds Massive Jet Drone Launch Base Near Ukraine in Just Six Weeks

    Kyiv Post /

  23. Manus on Markets: AI cloud companies face a $8.5 trillion debt challenge

    Manus Cranny / The National /

  24. Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands

    Stefano Valentino and Ajit Niranjan / The Guardian /

Earlier today

  1. EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions

    Ben Makuch / POLITICO Europe /

  2. Anthropic Stands Alone as Rest of US IPO Market Slows to a Crawl

    Anthony Hughes and Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg /

  3. FirstFT: Healey signals tax raid on banks in UK Budget

    Financial Times /

  4. Unicredit cleared by ECB to take control of Commerzbank

    Euronews /

  5. White House Ordered Restrictions on Ukraine’s Starshield, Disrupting Drone Defense – Reuters

    Kyiv Post /