Updated Sep 14, 2026 – 8.19am, first published at 7.43amKey Posts1 min ago — 8.19AMOil prices open above $US107 a barrel5 mins ago — 8.15AMMark Cutifani steps down from Woodside board10 mins ago — 8.10AMCleanaway takeover bid moves forward as EQT clears initial check27 mins ago — 7.53AMOil jumps nearly 9pc in a week36 mins ago — 7.44AMASX to rise ahead of pivotal week of central bank meetings36 mins ago — 7.44AMGood morningGo to latestPinned post – 7.44AMASX to rise ahead of pivotal week of central bank meetingsGus McCubbingInvestors are bracing for a blockbuster week of central bank meetings that could dictate market sentiment, while monitoring whether a fresh outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East sends bond yields and oil prices higher.Futures indicate the S&P/ASX 200 Index will rise 0.2 per cent on Monday, tracking a 0.9 per cent rally on Wall Street on Friday (Saturday AEST). The Australian market lost nearly 3 per cent last week as the oil price broke above $US100 a barrel and the yield on the US 10-year note edged towards 5 per cent, while the S&P 500 lost 1.2 per cent.As fighting intensified across the Middle East last week, with the Yemen-based Houthis saying they had targeted Saudi Arabian energy facilities and the United States launching strikes against Iranian oil tankers, crude traded at about $US105 a barrel on the weekend.Investors hope that three key central bank decisions – from the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England on Thursday, and the Bank of Japan on Friday – will cool global bond markets by reassuring markets that policymakers remain serious about fighting inflation and, in turn, potentially boost equity markets.The Fed meeting will be the week’s main event after higher-than-expected core inflation data released on Friday stoked investor bets that chairman Kevin Warsh and his colleagues will raise the benchmark rate, with money markets now putting an 87 per cent probability on a rise.A September rate increase could well be followed by another in December, as Warsh used a major speech at Jackson Hole last month to tout his inflation-fighting credentials and is now expected to follow through.Read more here.Fetching latest articles