July 13, 2026

India's consumer price inflation accelerated to 4.38% in June, crossing the Reserve Bank of India's 4% medium-term target for the first time since early 2025 and shifting market attention toward a possible rate-hiking cycle.

India's insurance regulator has revised remuneration norms for senior insurance executives, requiring compensation to be linked to claims settlement performance, grievance redressal and broader policyholder outcomes.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his semi-annual monetary policy testimony to Congress this week alongside June inflation data, with futures markets pricing a meaningful chance of a September rate increase.

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo report second-quarter results on Tuesday, opening earnings season amid strong dealmaking but a squeeze on lending margins.

The US healthcare liability insurance market is hardening in 2026, with shrinking capacity, more selective underwriting and less room for error making coverage harder to place, according to a wholesale broker report.

The Bank of England's July Financial Stability Report says frontier AI is heightening cyber and operational risks while stretched AI-linked equity valuations could trigger a sharp market correction with knock-on effects for UK growth.

Hull war-risk premiums for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz have risen again to around 5% of a vessel's value after attacks on three commercial vessels, with the UN's maritime body advising ships to avoid the waterway.

The Japanese yen remains near its weakest level against the dollar since 1986, with a record intervention already spent and analysts arguing only a narrowing US-Japan rate gap can durably reverse the slide.

South Korea's SK Hynix raised about $26.5 billion in its Nasdaq debut, the biggest US listing ever by a foreign company, as investors piled into the AI memory-chip trade.

Volkswagen will cut its model lineup by up to half and reduce capacity to nine million vehicles a year, after a tense supervisory board meeting produced no agreement on reported plans for up to 100,000 job cuts.

France's annual inflation rate eased to 1.8% in June from 2.4% in May, INSEE confirmed, as the sharp energy-driven price surge triggered by the Middle East conflict began to unwind.

The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its policy rate at 2.25% on 15 July, leaving borrowers navigating elevated fixed mortgage rates and a heavy 2026 renewal wave.

Australia's prudential regulator released a consultation package on 10 July proposing amendments across 10 prudential standards and 15 reporting standards, with several items carrying real operational impact for banks and insurers.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has released a white paper with banks and fintechs setting out runtime safeguards for autonomous AI agents performing financial tasks, as human oversight becomes impractical at scale.

The Central Bank of the UAE says gross written insurance premiums rose 15.1% year on year in the first quarter of 2026 and the sector remains well capitalised, even as regional geopolitical risks cloud the outlook.