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Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur explains that the Reserve Bank of Australia is increasingly focused on high inflation, with trimmed-mean inflation above its 2–3% target band for over a year. He highlights …
AUD/USD edges higher on Tuesday as a pullback in US Treasury yields weighs on the US Dollar (USD), pulling it away from recent highs. Meanwhile, hawkish signals from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA…
Silver (XAG/USD) attracts some dip-buyers in the vicinity of mid-$59.00s on Tuesday and sticks to its modest intraday gains through the early European session. The white metal, however, lacks bullish …
(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — The reported recovery by Iran of more than 15 unexploded American precision-guided munitions, including at least one fully intact GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, may prov…
Danske Research Team highlights that global equities finished broadly flat, masking notable rotation as investors cut AI and semiconductor exposure. Europe and defensive sectors outperformed, with con…
The Euro (EUR) shows moderate gains on Tuesday, rather due to the US Dollar’s (USD) weakness than intrinsic Euro strength. The EUR/USD pair trades at 1.1194 after bouncing from 17-month lows near 1.11…
Commerzbank’s India section notes September CPI at 5.5% year-on-year, above August and near breaching the RBI’s target band, with risks skewed to the upside from Oil, INR weakness and El Niño.
OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong describe USD/JPY as a patience trade, with the pair supported by higher US yields and elevated energy prices but capped by extreme Japanese Yen unde…
USD/CAD depreciates after two days of gains, trading around 1.4260 during European hours on Tuesday. The technical analysis of the daily chart indicates that the price is remaining within the ascendin…
The AUD/JPY cross comes under some renewed selling pressure on Tuesday and retreats further from the 110.65 resistance zone, retesting the previous day.
The USD/JPY pair loses ground to near 158.25 during the Asian trading hours on Tuesday. The Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) despite softer Japanese Producer Price Index (PPI…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1% from 3.0% in July, with strong AI investment offsetting the energy shock from the Middle East war. However, 2027 gr…
The comments from Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Megan Greene released during the Asian trade on Tuesday signals that she is worried about second-round inflation effects …
Gold (XAU/USD) retains a mildly positive bias through the first half of the European session, though it remains capped below the $4,200 mark and the top boundary of a two-week-old trading range. The U…
The EUR/USD pair gains ground to near 1.1165 during the early Asian trading hours on Tuesday. Nonetheless, the potential upside for the major pair might be limited amid growing fiscal and political in…
GBP/USD inches higher after posting modest losses in the previous day, trading around 1.3220 during Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair appreciated as the British Pound (GBP) gained ground following the …
AUD/USD remains steady after experiencing volatility, hovering around 0.6960 during Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair moves little after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) published the Minutes of its…
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback against a basket of currencies, drifts lower during the Asians session on Tuesday, eroding a part of the previous day's strong gains to a fresh hi…
Buyers are stepping in and keeping the US Dollar (USD) bid due to safe-haven demand, as the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East and strikes between Russia and Ukraine have pushed energy price…
Every session since September 24 has bottomed within about 25 pips of 1.3200, and Monday was the 13th. GBP/USD closed near 1.3210 after a climb to just above 1.3250, made before London opened, was giv…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note USD/CNH unexpectedly fell to 6.6919 on Friday, with downside momentum starting to build. Intraday, they see potential for a brief dip b…
MUFG’s Lee Hardman notes the Chinese Renminbi has outperformed the Euro against the Dollar, with USD/CNY hitting a year-to-date low near 6.6900. PBoC’s lower daily fixes have supported trade‑weighted …
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said that further tightening is needed but reiterated earlier remarks that she is open “to adjusting the pace of rate increases.”
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Oil reverses course on Monday and climbs to a two-week high as doubts over a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire and supply concerns in the Middle East keep a geopolitical pr…