Global bonds pull back from historic yield peaks as Hormuz traffic thins

Credit card spends hit the ₹2 trillion mark in June again, driven by HDFC Bank and SBI Card, even if some of the large private banks saw a decline over May, according to the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India.   Overall credit card spends rose 9.8 per cent year-on-year…

September arabica coffee (KCU26) is up +11.80 (+3.49 %) today, and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26) is up +95 (+2.62%). Coffee prices are sharply higher today, with arabica soaring to a 6-week high amid the slow pace of Brazil’s coffee harvest.  Safras & Mercado reported last Friday that the Brazil 2026/27 coffee harvest was 90%…

The 13th August, unfolded very differently from how I had expected. After returning home from a meeting, I was met with a flurry of WhatsApp messages from family, friends and colleagues asking whether our home was safe and whether I had any further information about an incident developing near my hometown of Stourbridge. Until that…