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United States (US) Treasury Yields erase an earlier decline during the early European session on Thursday. Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could lift US T…
The price for Gold stood at 13,226.30 Indian Rupees (INR) per gram, up compared with the INR 13,139.72 it cost on Wednesday.
A months-long battle between two of the biggest names in the firearms market went public last week, signaling a contentious shareholder vote that’s rare in the close-knit gun industry.
Gold (XAU/USD) sticks to its modest recovery gains through the Asian session on Thursday, though it lacks bullish conviction and trades below the $4,300 mark. The US Dollar (USD) touches a fresh high since late July ami…
On November 3, 2025, both the U.S. Department of Justice and Google filed their final post-trial briefs and proposed remedies in the Eastern District of Virginia antitrust case, setting up a critical showdown over how t…
The Bank of Japan meets on Friday, and the market has a quarter-point hike to 1.25% priced at 100%. The Yen has been falling anyway. USD/JPY is up three sessions in a row, Wednesday's gain was the biggest of the three, …
Crux AI, the new cloud computing venture tied to Blackstone and Alphabet, is lining up a $22 billion loan from a group of 10 banks to finance purchases of Google’s custom artificial intelligence chips, according to Bloo…
Australia's central bank pays more than the Federal Reserve (Fed) does. The cash rate is 4.35%, the Fed's new range is 3.75-4.00% after Wednesday's quarter-point hike, and most of the big Australian banks expect the RBA…
Spot Gold (XAU/USD) is closing Wednesday with losses, trading around $4,250 after hitting an intraday high of $4,366. The bright metal came under strong selling pressure after the United States (US) Federal Open Market …
Trump posted on Wednesday that US rates should be 1% or less and that the country has the strongest credit anywhere. He also wrote that cutting off trade with every nation the US runs a deficit with would earn at least …
The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its deposit rate to 2.50% on September 10, and the Euro has fallen every session since. The Fed raised its own rate to 3.75-4.00% on Wednesday, by the same quarter point, and the d…
New Zealand reports second-quarter growth later on Wednesday, or early on Thursday depending on where you are relative to the international date line, and the forecast is 0.1% for the quarter, down from 0.8% in the firs…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes GBP/USD is trading heavy near its 200-day moving average as United Kingdom (UK) gilts stabilize. August Consumer Price Index (CPI) slightly exceeded the Bank of England…
The Euro (EUR) trades just under 1.1500 against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, through the pair of long-run averages that had held it up since early August. Both central banks in this pair have raised rates inside a …
The U.S. dollar has been under pressure in recent months, driven by factors including trade policy uncertainty, interest rate fluctuations and geopolitical tensions. The U.S. Dollar Index — which tracks the strength of …
Robusta coffee prices rose by $82/ton for November 2026 delivery, reaching $3,554/ton with a trading volume of over 15,600 contracts. This upward trend in robusta prices stems from concerns about short-term supply const…
Nomura’s Global Markets Research team, including Josie Anderson, George Buckley and Andrzej Szczepaniak, notes that UK CPI data for August came in broadly as expected, with headline inflation at 3.1% and core and servic…
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note the Euro (EUR) is consolidating in a tight range around the mid-1.15s as markets await the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). They note Eurozone Industrial P…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades just above 52,100 and has spent the morning going nowhere, on the day the Federal Reserve is expected to raise its rate for the first time since 2023. That is not indifference. A …
AUD/USD trades in a narrow range on Wednesday as investors hold back from taking strong positions ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy announcement. At the time of writing, AUD/USD trades around 0.7134, …
Rabobank’s Senior FX Strategist Jane Foley notes the US Dollar (USD) has outperformed G10 peers on expectations the Fed will deliver around 100 bps of tightening over 12 months, but warns this may be excessive. They see…
The upcoming week will bring a fresh test for major currency pairs as investors return from the US Independence Day holiday and continue to digest weaker US labor market data. The release of the last Federal Open Market…
ING’s Francesco Pesole highlights that the Federal Reserve announcement could push EUR/USD towards the 1.150 target. He notes that below 1.150 risks become more balanced given technicals, short-term valuation and rate d…
EUR/CAD extends its gains for the second consecutive day, trading around 1.6090 during European hours on Wednesday. Traders are closely watching the European economic calendar, as the seasonally adjusted Eurozone Indust…
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