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USD/CAD edges lower on Tuesday, with the Canadian Dollar (CAD) drawing support from a weaker US Dollar (USD) as traders also assess the latest tit-for-tat tariff measures between the United States (US…
Private-sector hiring in the US has gained some pace in early August. According to the NER Pulse, the weekly companion to the ADP National Employment Report, companies added an average of 11.750K jobs…
It has become difficult to imagine how Washington and Beijing might turn their relationship, which is so crucial to the future of world order, toward calmer waters. If there is to be any hope of doing…
Michael Wan at MUFG discusses US threats of economic punishment on countries dealing with Iran and new sanctions on over 60 entities. He argues that rising geoeconomic fragmentation encourages countri…
ING’s Francesco Pesole highlights escalating US-Canada trade tensions, with new US tariffs on Canadian autos and parts announced for early next year. He notes both sides remain entrenched in conflict …
Commerzbank’s Carsten Fritsch notes that softer-than-expected US sanctions on Iran have added to downward pressure on Oil prices despite severe disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Horm…
Rabobank's Senior FX Strategist Jane Foley discusses the British Pound's (GBP) recent performance, noting it is currently the top G10 currency on a 1‑day view but only middling over longer horizons. F…
GBP/JPY extends its steady recovery on Tuesday and has now recouped almost all the losses triggered by the joint US-Japan intervention in late July. The intervention was aimed at curbing excessive wea…
The dollar hovered near multi-month lows on Monday, with markets unsettled by the U.S. Treasury's move to boost purchases of longer-dated bonds and traders awaiting clarity on Iran sanctions and upcom…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, trade 3% lower at around $82.00 during the European trading session on Tuesday. The Oil price faces intense selling pressure as market experts see warn…
USD/JPY trades around 159.30 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 0.15% on the day. However, the pair lacks a clear short-term direction, as concerns surrounding Japan’s public finances and the inter…
The Indian Rupee (INR) trades marginally higher against the US Dollar (USD) in the opening session on Tuesday. The USD/INR pair ticks lower to near 95.70 as the Indian Rupee edges up amid possible Res…
USD/IDR halts its three-day losing streak, trading around 17,770 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair appreciates as the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) struggles under the weight of cautious market se…
Since 1979, Iran’s revolutionary regime has been the nemesis of eight American Presidents. None could tame its political furies; its covert operations, which killed more than a thousand Americans in L…
The Euro (EUR) trades marginally lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, extending its corrective move from the four-day high of 1.1711 to near 1.1655 during the European trading session. The ma…
The Japanese Yen (JPY) remains on the defensive against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, in a low-volatility market, as investors await key data releases and the Jackson Hole symposium, due in the seco…
Gold (XAU/USD) stabilizes below $4,650 heading into the European session, stalling its intraday retracement slide from the $4,700 neighborhood, or the highest since May 14, touched earlier this Tuesda…
TD Securities strategists argue that the US Dollar (USD) has re-entered a bearish regime after the Treasury buyback announcement pushed the US Dollar Index (DXY) below its 200‑day SMA. They highlight …
The price for Gold stood at 14,243.41 Indian Rupees (INR) per gram, down compared with the INR 14,315.82 it cost on Monday.
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The Australian Dollar began the week on a lower note, trading with a 0.28% loss against the Greenback as risk appetite soured after the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Iran-linked e…
The GBP/JPY consolidates near familiar levels around 217.00 on Monday, as risk aversion dominates markets, with flows moving into haven assets like the US Dollar and Gold amid uncertainty over the Mid…
The EUR/JPY trades horizontally on Monday as market participants remain reluctant to push the cross higher amid fears of potential intervention by Japanese authorities, even though they have remained …
FluidStack, the AI cloud startup founded in 2017 as an “Airbnb for GPUs,” is in talks to raise $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation – more than doubling its $7.5 billion valuation from just months e…