IDC reports Q1 2026 global smart eyewear shipments totaled 3.566 mln units, up 130.1% YoY. Audio and audio‑capture glasses shipments were 2.248 mln units, up 167.4% YoY; AR/VR shipments were 1.318 mln units, up 85.9% YoY.

Bank of Japan deputy governor UCHIDA said the BOJ watches not only policy and real interest-rate levels but also the overall stance of monetary accommodation.

Fed chair Kevin Warsh has expressed a preference for the trimmed-mean PCE, which excludes extreme price moves before calculating a weighted average. Boston College economist Brian Bethune said the trimmed-mean PCE is not the most reliable gauge: it performs best when inflation shocks mirror the 2009–2019 pre-pandemic period, when positive and negative shocks were balanced. When price shocks are predominantly upward — supply disruptions, tariffs, oil-price spikes or large one-off events such as the World Cup — the metric tends to understate inflation, he said, and he hopes someone will challenge Warsh on the point. Regardless of the chosen gauge, US inflation has remained above the Fed's 2% target since spring 2021.