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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), Handelsblatt Südostasien: MSCI droht Indonesien mit Index-Rauswurf – Börse verliert heftig (de)

  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, The National World Bank sets fivefold minerals goal as Fed chairman Warsh flags financial stability risks, 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 /

    Also: Sifted Are open-weight AI models safe?

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

  3. AI infrastructure debt costs soar amid investor concerns

    Prashant Rao / Semafor /

    Also: The National Manus on Markets: AI cloud companies face a $8.5 trillion debt challenge

  4. Taiwan to Curb AI Chip Exports to China as Part of US Trade Deal

    Tom Giles / Bloomberg /

    Also: Semafor Taipei restricts China chip sales to appease the US

    In other languages: Dagens industri Taiwan ska skärpa exportkontrollen av AI-chip (sv)

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Nscale IPO: Data Center Delays Show Risks for the Neoclouds

    In other languages: Dagens Næringsliv Nscale-senter med forsinkelser, inkassokrav og manglende regnskap (no)

  6. 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)

  7. China Proposes Export Controls on AI Models, Chips and Agents

    Nectar Gan / Bloomberg /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal China Proposes Export Controls on AI Technologies

  8. Apple and Meta to collaborate on new AI model

    Prashant Rao / Semafor /

    In other languages: Expansión Apple y Meta se alían para llevar un modelo de IA avanzada a los Mac (es)

  9. 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)

  10. 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

  11. The once-obscure tech at the heart of the green energy trade war

    Financial Times /

  12. The UAE’s ‘Zero Hormuz’ strategy runs through Fujairah

    Mohammed Sergie / Semafor /

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

    MercoPress /

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

    Odd Lots /

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

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

    bne IntelliNews /

  16. Sizing that ‘unlimited’ insurance capital

    Financial Times /

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

    Le Monde /

  18. 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

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

    Sui-Lee Wee / The New York Times /

  20. Ukraine Resumes Strikes On Russian Refineries

    Amira McKee / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Daily Maverick Ukraine hits Russian refinery as Zelenskiy says ‘we’re done’ with Trump’s energy truce, 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

  21. AI Boom-or-Bust Scenarios Loom Large at World Financial Summit

    Jason Douglas / The Wall Street Journal /

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

    The Economic Times /

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

    Fabiana Negrin Ochoa / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg BOE Chief Says Energy Shock Delays 2% Inflation Target

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

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

    Julian Pecquet / The Africa Report /

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 /