The Alternative for Germany surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party within reach of power at the state level for the first time since World War Two

The South Korean won advanced to its strongest level in nearly two years Monday, helped by a rally in semiconductor stocks and continued foreign inflows into the country’s benchmark equity index

The Philippine peso just can’t catch a break. In a quarter when all its emerging-market Asian peers advanced against the dollar, the peso fell. It’s down 6% this year, and is the region’s worst-performing currency.

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THE YEN STAYED IN FOCUS AFTER A SHARP RALLY ON BOJ RATE-HIKE BETS, WHILE CHINA ANNOUNCED A 300 BLN YUAN ($44.7 BLN) CAPITAL INJECTION INTO MAJOR BANKS AND INSURERS, AS INVESTORS ALSO WATCH HORMUZ RISKS WHERE IRAN HAS THREATENED NEW MARITIME RESTRICTIONS.

The US AI infrastructure boom is making history. There are now ~90 US data centers with more than 100 megawatts (MW) of power in operation, the highest count on record. This figure is set to more than triple by 2030, to ~280, if all currently planned projects are completed. Over the same period, tech companies are expected to spend ~$7.0 trillion on data centers. Meanwhile, Amazon, $AMZN, Microsoft, $MSFT, Alphabet, $GOOGL, and Meta, $META, have already signed more than $1.5 trillion in data center leases since the AI boom began, including commitments that have yet to take effect. The AI buildout is one of the largest capital spending cycles in history.