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In Focus
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Week InReview: September 18, 2026
US futures slip. US equity index futures edged lower, while those in Japan and South Korea advanced after the S&P 500 had its biggest gain since early August, and the SOX index jumped more than 3%. Treasuries rose with the 10-year yield dropping 9bps to 4.93%. The yen was steady near 156/dollar ahead of the Bank of Japan’s rate decision. | The Bank of Japan raised interest rates in a split decision showing dissent within the board, pushing the yen lower on the view that rates may rise more slowly than anticipated. | Tech stocks drove equity gains in the US and Asia as lower oil prices buoyed broader sentiment, setting markets up for an upbeat end to a turbulent week. | Asian stocks rose, led by the Kospi and the Nikkei, tracking rallies in the US session where the SOX index jumped more than 3%. Both the Hang Seng Tech index and the Taiex climbed over 1%. US equity index futures also edged higher. | Oil fell for a third day, with Brent crude trading below $104/bbl.
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Week InAdvance: September 14, 2026
Mon Sep 14 WTO trade and tech day. G20 energy ministers in Houston. Emmy awards. | Tue Sep 15 Global forum on criminal finances, cryptoassets. WTO annual report. | Wed Sep 16 US FOMC rate decision. | Thu Sep 17 UK BOE rate decision. London Fashion Week opens. | Fri Sep 18 Triple witching. Japan CPI, rate decision. NATO conference in Copenhagen. | Sat Sep 19 191st Oktoberfest begins in Munich. | Sun Sep 20 Climate Week NYC begins.
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Week InReview: September 11, 2026
Bond yields eye 5%. Global debt selloff deepened as bond bears pushed benchmark Treasury yields toward the closely watched 5% level ahead of US inflation data. The yield on Australia’s three-year notes surged to 5.05%, the highest since May 2011, while Japan’s 10-year yield reached 3%. New Zealand’s two-year yield also jumped 25bps to 3.94%. The US government purchased less longer-dated debt than investors anticipated in the Treasury Department's first expanded buyback operation. | The US bond-market selloff accelerated on Thursday as a surge in oil prices fanned inflation fears and the Treasury Department bought back fewer bonds than expected. A $22 billion 30-year Treasury bond auction was awarded at 5.308% — the highest result since 2001. US T-note futures edge lower, while Australia’s 3-year yield jumped to the highest since May 2011. | Brent oil slipped after rising close to $110/bbl as fighting between Yemen-based Houthi militants and Saudi-backed forces intensified. Diplomats from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council and their Iranian counterpart are scheduled to meet on Monday in the Omani city of Salalah, the Financial Times reported, citing two unidentified people briefed on the matter. Asian stocks fell with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index heading for its biggest loss in three weeks. The Nikkei and the Kospi dropped more than 2%, while benchmarks from Australia to Hong Kong and Taiwan all fell as rising oil prices stoked inflation fears. | South Korea is tightening its defenses against industrial espionage with a revised spying law taking effect this weekend, as the home of global chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix seeks to safeguard advanced memory technology from increasingly formidable Chinese rivals.
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Our Clients, Our Markets, Our Purpose
The Association of Institutional INVESTORS is an organization of the oldest, largest, and most trusted federally registered investment advisers in the United States. All our members have a fiduciary duty to put their clients' interests first. Put simply, it's not our money. Our members' clients include companies and labor unions, public and private pension plans, mutual funds and 401Ks, and individuals and families who depend on our firms to help them provide for their retirements, to have funds available to educate their family members, to meet other obligations, and to support their financial aspirations. Collectively, the Association's members manage investments for more than 80,000 ERISA pension plans, 401Ks, and mutual funds on behalf of more than 100 million American workers and retirees.Our financial markets connect companies to investors and borrowers to lenders to help corporations create jobs, cities and states build needed roads, bridges, and schools, families finance homes and cars, and pension plans at all levels meet their obligations. These markets allow thousands of organizations and millions of individuals to invest in America, sharing in the success of our nation's businesses and maintaining a stake in the strength of cities, counties, states, and our country.
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