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The GBP/USD pair loses momentum to near 1.3225 during the early European trading hours on Wednesday. Surging US Treasury yields and the hawkish stance of the Federal Reserve (Fed) provide some support to the US Dollar (…
The EUR/USD pair remains under some selling pressure for the third straight day and trades around the 1.1330 region during the Asian session on Wednesday, near its lowest level since May 2025, which it touched the previ…
Gold (XAU/USD) edges lower during the Asian session on Wednesday, reversing part of the previous day's modest recovery gains from the $4,100 neighborhood, or the lowest level since August 5, touched earlier this week. T…
Australia's fourth rate hike of 2026 sent the Australian Dollar lower on Tuesday, and NZD/USD closed below 0.5650 for the first time in its slide. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its cash rate to 4.60%, the h…
The worst US consumer confidence reading since 2014 should have been enough to break the Dow Jones Industrial Average's September floor near 51,100, and the floor held for a third time. The Conference Board's index fell…
Mediators are making a renewed push to advance an agreement between the United States (US) and Iran, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. This move came after US President Donald Trump said he had rejected an Irania…
Gold price (XAU/USD) rebounds from an eight-week low to near $4,180 during the early Asian session on Wednesday. However, the potential upside for the precious metal might be limited as oil-driven inflation reinforced e…
The case for another Bank of England (BoE) hike rests on energy prices, and on Thursday the government takes value-added tax (VAT) off household electricity bills. GBP/USD fell to 1.3200 on Tuesday, its lowest since lat…
Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Michael Barr said Tuesday that he sees “elevated wage rates in the skilled trades,” and added that the resilience of the US economy is “striking.”
The New York Fed Governor John Williams said that he “sees no need for urgency after September rate hike,” a dovish statement that pushed the US Dollar Index (DXY) modestly lower, though it remains positive in the day.
St Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem crossed the wires on Tuesday, saying that central bankers needn’t make promises but should tell the public how and why the central bank makes policy decisions.
Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Michael Barr said on Tuesday that “there is a need to recalibrate policy” and that the base case is that “further policy adjustments” are likely needed.
Chicago Federal Reserve (Fed) President Austan Goolsbee, a voter in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in 2027, said Tuesday that “the fact that we have been 5 ½ years above inflation target is playing with fire,”…
BNY Markets’ John Velis observes that US real yields across the curve have risen sharply, driven more by expectations of further policy tightening than by inflation fears. Markets see the Fed and other central banks rea…
Societe Generale’s FX strategy team reports EUR/USD remains under pressure, trading at a three-month low and moving toward the June low at 1.1325. The bank flags support at 1.1325 and 1.1270, with resistance at 1.1410. …
OCBC’s Christopher Wong observes that Singapore Dollar (SGD) has held relatively steady despite softer Asian FX, with USD/SGD around 1.2780. Strong manufacturing output and persistent underlying price pressures lead OCB…
GBP/JPY trades lower on Tuesday as the Japanese Yen (JPY) outperforms its major peers, supported by growing concerns that Japanese authorities could intervene in the currency market again. At the time of writing, the cr…
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), Peter Kazimir, said during the European trading session on Tuesday that the interest rate hike at the policy meet…
Brown Brothers Harriman highlights that the Reserve Bank of Australia delivered a widely expected 25 bps hike to 4.60%, a 15-year high, and kept the door open to further tightening. AUD/USD initially rallied on the hawk…
European Central Bank (ECB) José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that they are still in not restrictive territory, as reported by Reuters.
Silver (XAG/USD) remains practically flat on Tuesday, trading at its lowest levels in nearly two months on Tuesday, around $60.80, failing to find follow-through above $61.00 and on track for a 8.5% monthly selloff in S…
U.S. President Donald Trump said a preliminary agreement to end the war has been signed by the U.S. and Iran. Details have yet to be made public but that didn't stop global markets from cheering and sending oil prices …
OCBC’s Christopher Wong reports USD/IDR briefly traded back towards 18,000 as higher Oil prices, elevated US Treasury yields and a firm Dollar weighed on the Indonesian Rupiah. Bank Indonesia has shifted intervention to…
EUR/CAD halts its three-day winning streak, trading around 1.6100 during the European hours on Tuesday. The currency cross experiences downward pressure as the Euro (EUR) softens ahead of key economic data releases from…
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