Wolf Money(world market review 6-12 Apr 2026)
Market Summary 6-12 Apr 2026
*USA*
-US-Iran end 21-hr peace talks without agreement; Trump says US to blockade ships crossing Strait of Hormuz
-US annual inflation rate jumped to 3.3% in Mar, highest level since May 2024, vs 2.4% in Jan n Feb; up 0.9% MoM; US Core CPI gain 0.2% MoM, up 2.6% YoY
-US GDP revised down to 0.5% in Q4, vs 0.7% previous estimate
± US PCE grew 0.5% or US$103.2bn MoM in Feb
-US year-ahead inflation expectations rose to 4.8% in Apr, vs 3.8% in prior mth at 8-mth high
-US personal income fell by 0.1% MoM in Feb, vs 0.4% increase in Jan
-US Uni Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index plummeted 11% to historic low of 47.6 in early Apr
-US energy prices surged 12.5% YoY in Mar, hits over 3-year high
+ US crude inventories up by 3.1m barrels
-US S&P Global Services PMI Index declined to 49.8 in Mar
+ US Services PMI at 54% in Mar, vs 56.1% in Feb
+ US new orders for factory goods unchanged for 2nd straight mth at US$619.6bn in Feb
-Fed FOMC minutes released show openness to rate hikes
-US govt recorded US$154.1bn budget deficit in Mar, vs US$160.5bn previous yr
-Fed is asking major US banks’ exposure to private credit firms following surge in redemptions and rise in troubled loans
± US wholesale inventories up 0.8% MoM in Feb reaching US$919.6bn
-US initial jobless claims up 16,000 to 219,000
+ US economy added 26,000 jobs on average on weekly basis in 4 weeks: ADP
± US sells US$21.9bn of 30-year bonds at 4.876% yield, sell US$39.8bn in 9-year 10-mth notes at 4.282% yield
-US pressures Japan and Netherlands to align on China chip curbs on export controls
-FCC considering broader measures to bar Chinese telecom carriers from operating data centres in US
-Democratic 2 senators called to investigate lucrative recent trading activity on oil market coincided with Iran war
± US lobbying firm Checkmate Donald Trump Jnr linked helped China’s Grand Pharmaceutical Gp beat a US national security challenge: Public filings
-ExxonMobil and Chevron reported lower production and financial fallout linked to Iran war; ExxonMobil flagged potential hit of up to US$6.5bn to earnings
± Anthropic new AI model too power to make public available: company’s executives
+ Lockheed Martin secured US$4.8bn Patriot interceptor missile production contract
*OTHER*
+ OPEC+ to raise output by 206,000 bpd in May
*CHINA*
+ China’s PPI rose 0.5% YoY in Mar, snapping 41 mths of declines; PPI climbed 1% MoM, fastest pace in 4 years
+ China’s annual inflation eased to 1% MoM in Mar from Feb’s over 3-year high of 1.3%
+ China to allow pre-profit tech companies to list on ChiNext board in SZ, introduce market makers to improve liquidity
+ China stock exchange reinstates IPO inquiry pricing to lure higher-quality listings, seek to curb speculation
± China’s Q1 land sales slumped in most cities YoY, but prime plots draw fierce bidding
+ China housing rents in key cities climbed in Mar, mostly driven by first-tier cities, rise for the 3rd time in 2 years
+ China’s power grid investment hits ¥177.3bn (US$24.5bn) in Q1, 5-year plans pointing to almost ¥1 trillion spending each year
+ China’s leading battery makers unveiled plans to add >600 GWh of new production capacity for energy storage system market in first 2 mths 2026; amount to 10 times 58GWh of total capacity installed across US in 2025
+ China on track to being world’s top nuclear energy producer, with total 112 reactor units in operation, under construction or approved
+China released plan for new pilot FTZ in Inner Mongolia, expanding its pilot FTZs to 23
+ China to further reduce corporate burdens and dismantle institutional barriers in 2026
+ China’s AI data centres are becoming new growth driver for energy storage industry
+ China pushes surgical robots, expands policy support for innovative drugs and devices
-China’s Q1 car sales fell 17.4% to about 4.2m vehicles after subsidy cuts
+ China’s auto exports soared 61.4% to about 1.8m in Q1
-China telecoms face US exit risk as FCC deepens crackdown on data centres
+ Alibaba’s Qwen hits nearly 1bn cumulative downloads, captured >50% of global open-source model downloads as of Mar
+ HSBC and StandChart-led group have been awarded HK’s first stablecoin issuer licences
+ HK developers’ line up 1300 flats as prices edge up on firmer demand
-CK Hutchison subsidiary filed an arbitration against shipping Maersk over Panama ports takeover
+ Taiwan exports soar to 61.8% YoY to record high of US$80.18bn in Mar, imports climbed 38.3% to US$58.91bn to record peak
+ Taiwan Kuomintang leader meets Xi in Beijing
*EUROPE*
-Eurozone Composite PMI Output Index down 1.2 pts MoM in Mar
-Eurozone PPI fell 0.7% MoM in Feb, retail sales down 0.2%
-EU weighing tighter regulation for OpenAi under digital services act
+ Airbus reports 331 Mar orders and 60 deliveries
-Germany’s industrial output down 0.3% MoM in Feb; factory orders up 0.9%
-Germany’s annual inflation rate climbed to 2.7% in Mar at highest level since Jan 2024
-Porsche reported 15%$ drop in sales for Q1
-France trade deficit at €5.8bn in Feb, decrease about €3.8bn from Jan
*ASIA*
+ Japan approved biggest budget in history, amounting to ¥122.3trillion (US$765bn)
± Japan 10-year govt bond yield climbed to around 2.4%, at near 28-year high
+ Japan posted trade surplus of ¥267.6 billion ($1.69bn) in Mar
+ Japan approved additional US$3.96bn to accelerate research and development at chipmaker Rapidus
+ Japan’s bank lending rose 4.8% YoY in Mar at near 5-year high
+ Malaysia’s retail sales up 7.7% YoY in Feb at 13-mth high
+ Sg: US’s Digital Realty sets target of near S$7bn in total investment in SG, >S$4.3bn allocated for new dats sentre developments
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