Oracle's founder filed a plan to sell $7.5bn of his shares. One day later the company said the plan is cancelled and nothing was sold.

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1. 02

   Three central banks decide this week

   The US central bank meets on Tuesday and Wednesday. The market puts an 87% chance on a rate rise, up from 58% a week earlier, after Friday's inflation figure of 3.4%. [11] It would be the first US rise since 2023. [14] The Bank of England is not expected to raise on Thursday, but three of its officials voted for a rise in July. [9] The Bank of Japan will probably raise on Friday, to 1.25%, the highest since 1995. [9] Citi expects a US rise paired with softer forecasts for later. [12] Analysts told AFP that the credibility of Kevin Warsh, the US central bank's chair, is on the line. [13]

   Why it matters — A US rise makes a new mortgage or car loan dearer for Americans within weeks. A Japanese rise pays Japanese savers more at home, which is part of why the yen has been climbing.

2. 03

   A ship is hit in Hormuz; Iran meets the Gulf on Monday

   The UK's maritime trade agency said a projectile struck a vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. The damage and the state of the crew were not known. [19] The strait has been largely closed by the war for six months. [19] Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline carries 4 to 5 million barrels a day to the Red Sea, about 4% to 5% of the world's oil. Saudi Arabia shut it after a drone attack that it and Iraq said came from Iraq. [19] Trump said on Saturday that Iran was probably behind the attack. [20] Iran meets the Gulf Arab states in Oman on Monday about the strait. An Iranian official played down any breakthrough. [19]

   Why it matters — Oil above $100 is the reason US wholesale prices rose 5.4% in a year, and the reason a rate rise is expected this week. [22] The Gulf ministers' meeting was first reported by the Financial Times on Friday. [24]

3. 04

   Speculators bet on the yen for the first time since February

   US futures data released late on Friday showed speculators holding a net bet in favour of the yen for the first time since 24 February. [18] They held 10,796 contracts in favour in the week to 8 September. A week earlier they held 92,227 against, a swing of more than 100,000 in one week. [18] The yen reached 152.89 to the dollar on 8 September, its strongest since February. [17] It had fallen to 163.99 in July, a four-decade low, before Japan's and the US governments stepped in to buy it. [17] It has risen this month on expectations that the Bank of Japan will raise rates faster. [17]

   Why it matters — Japanese savers put money abroad for years because rates at home paid almost nothing. A rate of 1.25% on Friday would be Japan's highest since 1995, and money that went abroad for a return has a reason to come home. [9]

4. 05

   Fuel prices are rising faster than crude

   Brent oil, the world benchmark, settled at $104.61 on Friday, down 2.8% on the day but sharply up on the week. [20] US crude topped $102 on Thursday, its highest close since May and about 50% above its summer low of $68.55. [21] Bloomberg reports that diesel, heating fuel and other refined fuels are under even more pressure than crude, and that central banks are now watching refining margins. [23] In the US, higher diesel costs have already shown up as added fees on online orders and parcels. [22] Rebecca Babin of CIBC Private Wealth said Chinese refiners ramping up could tighten the market further. [21]

   Why it matters — Bob McNally of Rapidan Energy, a consultancy, said the market's willingness to sell off on talk of peace is fading, after a US-Iran memorandum signed on 17 June collapsed. [21]

5. 06

   Russia bought record fuel from India in August

   Russia, long one of the world's biggest exporters of refined fuel, imported a record amount of oil products in August. India supplied 70% of it, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, which tracks Russia's energy exports. [25] Ukrainian drone strikes have hit Russian refining capacity. Petrol made up 74% of Russia's oil-product imports, against an average of 6% between 2023 and 2025. [25] Russia's revenue from exported fuel products fell 32% to 78 million euros a day, the lowest since the invasion of Ukraine. [25] Its Urals crude still sold for an average of $69.90 a barrel, up 23%, well above the $44.10 cap set by the G7 and the EU. [25]

   Why it matters — India buys Russian crude, refines it, and now sells the petrol back to Russia. Russia was paid $69.90 a barrel for its crude in August, and the G7 cap is $44.10. [25]

6. 07

   India's central bank pushes Tata Sons toward a listing

   Tata Sons is the private holding company at the top of the Tata group, India's biggest business group. In 2022 India's central bank classed it as an 'upper-layer' shadow lender, a company that lends like a bank without being one, because its balance sheet passed 1.5 trillion rupees ($15.7bn). [26] Such companies must list their shares within three years. [26] Tata Sons applied in 2024 to give up its lending licence and cleared its debts to avoid that. [26] New rules from 1 July cover any holding company whose group companies borrow from the public, as Tata Capital does. [26] The latest letter from the regulator makes it harder still to hold out. [26]

   Why it matters — A listing would open the accounts of India's largest business group to outside shareholders, and could limit its freedom to move cash from its profitable businesses into newer, loss-making ones. [26]

7. 08

   Canada asks to be an 'associate member' of the EU

   Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, has told his special envoy to Europe to scope out the closest ties possible short of full membership of the EU or its single market. The Wall Street Journal reported it at the weekend. [27] For months Carney has held private talks with almost every major European leader on plugging Canada, a country of 41 million people, more deeply into the 27-nation club. [27] The push began soon after Canada and the US fell into the worst trade war in their modern history. [27] Carney has told aides it means reorienting an economy the US has dominated for half a century. [27]

   Why it matters — European leaders have half-jokingly started calling Canada the EU's newest member. A threat from the US president to make Canada the 51st state is pushing it toward Europe instead. [27]

8. 09

   Buffett's $37bn purchase is now valued at $100bn

   GE Aerospace, the jet-engine maker, agreed this week to pay $11.75bn for Consolidated Precision Products. It is one of the few rivals to Precision Castparts, which Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought for $37.2bn in 2016. [28] Barron's calls that price high. Using the same multiple, it estimates Precision Castparts is worth about $100bn, nearly three times what Berkshire paid. [28] Six years ago Berkshire wrote $11bn off the purchase, and Buffett wrote that he had paid too much. [28] There is now a shortage of the complex metal parts the company makes for engine turbine blades. The same parts go into the gas turbines that power AI data centres. [28]

   Why it matters — A price paid for one company puts a new value on its rival, which was never sold. The parts shortage is where the AI data-centre boom meets the aircraft industry. [28]

9. 10

   Robots take on America's housing shortage

   The United States is short about 1.2 million homes, according to the National Association of Home Builders, the industry's trade body. Nearly 300,000 construction jobs were unfilled at the end of 2025, and the industry needs about 740,000 new workers a year. [29] Labour shortages cost builders about $11bn a year and add about two months to a build. [29] The gains so far are in factories, not on building sites. At one factory of Sekisui Heim, a Japanese housebuilder, robots lifted output from 55 homes a day to 65 with 20 fewer operators. The company expects the machines to pay for themselves in about three years. [29]

   Why it matters — Fewer workers per house is the only way the numbers close. The cost of a shortage of plumbers and electricians lands on the price of a new home. [29]

10. 11

    The Netherlands moves 86 tons of gold out of the US

    The Dutch central bank moved 86 tons of gold out of the United States and Canada last week, calling the move protection against 'extreme systemic risks'. [30] France has already moved all of its gold out of New York, and Germany has debated doing the same. [30] Polls in ten countries found majorities in only two, Hungary and Poland, still see the US as a reliable partner. [30] Axios notes the dollar's dominance remains unthreatened and the US is still the top destination for foreign students. [30]

    Why it matters — Germany, Italy and Spain now face renewed pushes at home over whether to keep their gold in the US. [30]

11. 12

    Sweden votes with the economy growing and the far right in reach

    Sweden votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election. Polls this week gave the centre-left opposition a narrow lead over the ruling right-wing bloc, pointing to a likely change of government. [32] Sweden's economy is growing faster than most of Europe, its companies Volvo, IKEA and Spotify remain global powerhouses, and it has produced more billionaires than almost any country its size. [31] Gun violence has fallen after years of rising. [31] If the right wins, it has promised for the first time to give the far right a share of power. [31]

    Why it matters — Voters in a rich economy in good shape are still on course to change government, because the issues that matter to them have shifted away from migration. [31]