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Gold price (XAU/USD) falls to around $4,135 during the early Asian session on Tuesday. The precious metal extends its downside as US bond yields stayed elevated despite falling energy prices. Traders continue to assess …
United Overseas Bank (UOB) strategists Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that USD/SGD slipped on Friday but downside momentum remains only tentative. In the very near term, the pair is expected to stay confined betwee…
On July 30, Japan’s finance ministry reportedly sold as much as $59 billion to buy the Japanese currency, then at 40-year-lows. Tokyo and Washington later confirmed they had acted together to bolster a weak yen. It was …
Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur notes China’s reported 4.5% year-on-year Q3 growth, despite weak investment and flat real retail sales. He argues Beijing appears broadly satisfied and unlikely to deliver major new stimulus. …
Standard Chartered economist Hunter Chan notes that China’s Q3 GDP rose 1.2% q/q and 4.5% y/y, helped by robust exports and AI-related industrial demand, while household consumption stayed soft. The bank keeps its Q4 an…
The Mexican Peso (MXN) appreciates against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday amid speculation that the interest rate differential between Mexico and the US will remain unchanged, with the Federal Reserve (Fed) projected to …
The US Dollar (USD) has managed to regain some composure, leaving behind two daily drops in a row helped by rising US Treasury yields and reignited social/political concerns in France.
Anthropic has started letting outside researchers inside its own walls. The company confirmed this week that it has given six employees from METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research) “employee-like access” to its inte…
Silver (XAG/USD) drifts higher during Monday’s North American session, up 0.38% to $57.21, yet it remains near last week's low of $55.38, suggesting the white metal could be poised for a near-term bearish continuation.
NZD/USD trades with a mild positive bias on Monday as the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) benefits from improved risk sentiment. However, a rebound in US Treasury yields following last week’s pullback supports the US Dollar (U…
Brown Brothers Harriman's Ellias Haddad expects Japan’s September Consumer Price Index (CPI) to edge higher but remain below the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) 2026 projection, limiting pressure for rapid tightening. With market…
The Euro (EUR) trades on the back foot on Monday as political concerns in France weigh on the currency, helping the US Dollar (USD) pause last week’s correction. At the time of writing, EUR/USD trades around 1.1215, dow…
USD/CAD pauses its decline on Monday after the Canadian Dollar (CAD) briefly strengthened to its highest level in a month at the weekly open. Softer-than-expected Canadian inflation data limit further gains in the Looni…
Standard Chartered’s Christopher Graham discusses how Prime Minister Burnham is reopening debate on the UK’s long-term relationship with the EU ahead of next month’s UK-EU summit. Options range from closer cooperation w…
TD Securities economists Oscar Munoz and Eli Nir project that US headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) will rise 0.30% month-on-month in October 2026, slowing from September’s 0.65% gain, with gasoline and food still cont…
TD Securities strategists see limited scope for a sustained Canadian Dollar (CAD) rally after softer-than-expected September inflation data, despite hawkish signals from the Bank of Canada (BoC). They expect the next Bo…
Danske Bank’s Danske Research Team highlights that US equities saw a sharp AI-related selloff on Friday, with energy outperforming technology by more than 4 percentage points. The SOX index logged an eighth straight dec…
The EUR/USD pair struggles to capitalize on a modest intraday bounce from the 1.1185 area and retains a mildly negative bias through the early European session on Monday. Spot prices, however, hold above the May 2025 lo…
The trading action in financial markets remain subdued at the beginning of the new week, with major currency pairs staying close to the previous week's closing levels. In the second half of the day, September Consumer P…
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Commerzbank’s Tatha Ghose highlights that while CE3 currencies have stabilized with the Euro, the Polish Zloty continues to underperform peers. He links this to institutional frictions between Poland’s government, presi…
After big moves in front-end USD rates, the dollar has shown it could be a laggard in further stock market instability if led by AI concerns. Still, we don’t think we are on the brink of a major USD decline. EUR/USD may…
Gold (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on modest intraday gains and remains below the $4,200 mark through the first half of Monday’s European session, well within a three-week-old trading range. US Federal Reserve (Fed)…
The British Pound (GBP) trades marginally lower at around 1.3314 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Monday, but is wobbling inside Friday’s trading range. The GBP/USD pair is expected to …
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