Newsquawk Daily Economic Release - 29th September 2026

Newsquawk StaffPublished 28 Sept 2026, 14:20 UTCOn the live feed at 14:00 UTC — 5 more headlines followed before this page went public

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US President Trump's administration is in favour of an announcement of a early harvest deal with Mexico before the US Midterms, Politico reports; source adds "the stage is set" for a deal

14:04

Leading researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) have urged governments to regulate AI systems capable of self-improvement, WSJ reports

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Newsquawk Daily Economic Release - 29th September 2026

13:56

Iranian Foreign Minister Aragchi to meet with mediators in New York today, ISNA reports citing sources; no US representatives will be present at the meeting

13:56

US EQUITY OPEN: Indices lower amid higher oil prices and Treasury yields

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Data: Spanish Inflation (Sep), Retail Sales (Aug), EZ Economic Sentiment (Sep), US JOLTS (Aug)
Events: RBA Policy Announcement
Speakers: RBA’s Bullock; ECB’s Cipollone, Lagarde, Vujcic, Lane; Fed’s Goolsbee, Williams, Bowman, Barr, Waller; BoC’s Gravelle; BoE's Taylor, Mann
Supply: Japan, UK, Italy
Earnings: Micron

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FX/24 Sept · 07:30 UTC

Swiss SNB Interest Rate Decision 0.00% vs. Exp. 0% (Prev. 0.00%); Willing to be active in the foreign exchange market as necessary to ensure appropriate monetary conditions (prev. "increased willingness").

Market, after we published+0.6%

EUR/CHF rises as the SNB removes the "increased willingness" to intervene.

FX/23 Sept · 16:46 UTC

The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices, reports Politico citing sources.

DXY, after we published+0.1%

FX/17 Sept · 11:00 UTC

STATEMENT: BoE holds rates at 3.75%, as expected; votes 6-3 (exp. 6-3), with Greene, Mann and Pill voting for a 25bps hike; APF gilt sales to be paused until April 2027.

Market, after we published−0.4%

FX/16 Sept · 18:00 UTC

Fed hikes rates by 25bps to 3.75-4.00%, as expected; unanimous decision.

EUR/USD, after we published−0.3%

FX/9 Sept · 15:01 UTC

US Treasury Buyback: Treasury to buy back a maximum of USD 6bln in 10-20year Treasuries on Thursday (vs guidance for at least USD 4bln).

USD/JPY, after we published+0.4%

FX/28 Aug · 14:00 UTC

Fed Chair Warsh says Fed has more work to do unless confident underlying inflation is moving towards 2% objective

DXY, after we published+0.5%

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