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The New York Federal Reserve (Fed) released on Tuesday the August Survey of Consumer Expectations, in which households' inflation expectations dipped in the medium term, while expectations about the l…
The Loonie gains some traction versus the Greenback, while the latter posts modest losses, as US and Canadian financial markets remain closed in observance of Labour Day. Nevertheless, the USD/CAD edg…
USD/CAD rebounds on Tuesday after hitting an intraday low of 1.3760 and trades around 1.3790 at the time of writing, down 0.18% on the day. The Canadian Dollar (CAD) retains part of its gains against …
TD Securities notes that the Colombian Peso (COP) has been a top high-yield performer but sees its supportive mix of tight monetary and loose fiscal policy fading. With Banco de la República’s (BanRep…
UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note GBP/USD edged higher to around 1.3545, with no significant build-up in momentum but a modest upside tilt toward 1.3565 in the near term. They stress that majo…
EUR/USD holds above 1.1600 on Tuesday after a session that has covered 28 pips and left the pair half a pip from where it opened. European gas hit a three-year high on the same clock, and the European…
USD/JPY holds just below 154.50, unchanged on the day after a 153-pip round trip. The pair traded well over a Yen lower on the strongest Japanese pay data since 1997 and has bought back all of it. Not…
TD Securities economists Oscar Munoz, Eli Nir, Gennadiy Goldberg and Molly Brooks expect August Core CPI to rise 0.19% m/m, with services driving gains and core goods offsetting. They project Core CPI…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades near 52,900, roughly 190 points lower, in the first session since Friday. Crude Oil has risen for six days running and the two-year Treasury yield sits at its h…
The Pound Sterling (GBP) registers modest gains of over 0.08% on Tuesday as Bank of England (BoE) policymakers testify before the UK Treasury Select Committee, while a light economic docket in the US …
Surging oil prices, a CPI spike not seen in three years, and Treasury yields at levels last touched in 2007 are forcing a September rate decision that could reshape which stocks lead the market throug…
ING strategist Francesco Pesole reports that Sterling gained modestly, helped by Chancellor John Healey’s first major speech stressing fiscal discipline and keeping long-end gilt moves aligned with gl…
Rabobank’s Florence Schmit highlights that TTF Natural Gas remains supported by low European storage and disrupted Gulf LNG flows. The absence of meaningful U.S.-Iran progress keeps a structural risk …
MUFG’s Teppei Ino notes that USD/JPY has fallen below the bank’s 155 forecast floor, briefly trading under 154.50 and testing key Fibonacci retracement levels. The report highlights a confluence of Ja…
The immediate catalyst for the latest sharp decline remains difficult to identify with precision, but the broader story behind the yen has changed noticeably since the middle of last week, and several…
When the Bank of Japan's Policy Board wraps its two-day meeting on July 31, markets will almost certainly get the rate hold they have priced in. What they are watching for is something else entirely: …
Michael Pfister at Commerzbank highlights that the Mexican Peso has strengthened, with USD/MXN back below 17, helped by a weaker Dollar and Mexico’s strong performance among major currencies. He cites…
Gold (XAU/USD) posts marginal gains for the third straight day on Tuesday amid risk-off sentiment as tensions in the Middle East escalate and Oil prices rally, strengthening the case for higher intere…
The Indian Rupee (INR) retreats from its two-month high against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday. The USD/INR pair recovers to near 94.90 from its two-month low of 94.29 posted last week as the impact o…
EUR/USD: September Fed hike delays dollar drop • It is a close call, but after Kevin Warsh’s hawkish speech at Jackson Hole, we now see a 25bp Fed hike to 4.00% on 16 September. The baseline view then…
The Australian Dollar (AUD) is down 0.13% to near 0.7210 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Tuesday. The Aussie pair comes under pressure as the US Dollar turns positiv…
AUD/USD halts its four-day winning streak, trading around 0.7210 during Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair holds ground following the release Trade Balance data from China, Australia’s close trading par…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price edges lower and is trading around $90.40 per barrel during Asian hours on Tuesday. However, crude oil prices may regain ground as Iran vowed to strike energy in…
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback against a basket of currencies, remains under some selling pressure for the second straight day and drops to an over two-week low during the Asian…