CENC recorded a magnitude-4.0 earthquake at 10:14 on July 27 in Tainan City, Taiwan (23.16°N, 120.59°E), at a depth of 8 km.

Key market themes: Fed-led “super central bank week” with a pivotal FOMC decision and Fed Chair KEVIN WARSH press conference, June core PCE and US GDP data, heavy US tech earnings, weekly US oil inventories and an OPEC+ meeting. Monday — German IFO, UK CBI retail, US durable goods (Jun MoM) and Dallas Fed business index. Tuesday — US ADP payrolls (week to Jul 11), FHFA house prices (May MoM), S&P/Case‑Shiller 20‑city YoY (May), Conference Board consumer confidence (Jul) and RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA Governor BULLOCK speaks. Wednesday — API crude stocks (week to Jul 24); EIA crude, Cushing and SPR weekly stocks; Australia unadj CPI (Jun YoY); Swiss ZEW; UK mortgage approvals; SK Hynix Q2 results. Thursday — FOMC rate decision and Chair KEVIN WARSH press conference; BOE rate decision, minutes, monetary policy report and Governor BAILEY press conference; BOC minutes; US advance Q2 GDP (annualized), Q2 core PCE (annualized preliminary), Jun core PCE (MoM/Yr), personal spending (Jun MoM), initial jobless claims; Eurozone and major European GDP preliminaries and sentiment indicators; Germany Jul CPI prelim; EIA weekly gas stocks; Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm and ARM report Q2 after US close. Friday — Japan unemployment (Jun); China Jul official manufacturing PMI; UK Nationwide house prices; Eurozone Jul CPI prelim (YoY/MoM); France CPI prelim (Jul MoM); Germany unemployment data; Canada May GDP; US Q2 unit labour costs, Chicago PMI (Jul), U. of Michigan final confidence and 1‑yr inflation expectation (Jul); BANK OF JAPAN rate decision and Governor UEDA press conference; China opens new domestic refined‑fuel price adjustment window; Amazon and Apple report after US close. Saturday — US rotary/drill rig count (week to Jul 31). Sunday — OPEC+ monthly ministerial meeting.

A wildfire in the Gironde department in southwest France has burned about 42,000 hectares and prompted the evacuation of roughly 220,000 people, the Gironde prefecture said on July 26. More than 6,000 evacuees were housed overnight at an evacuation center at Bordeaux's exhibition centre.