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Brown Brothers Harriman’s Elias Haddad notes that the Australian Dollar (AUD) remains one of the most attractive G10 currencies thanks to favorable carry and a hawkish Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).…
NZD/USD trades around 0.5895 on Monday at the time of writing, virtually unchanged on the day. The pair consolidates below the 0.5900 level after retreating from its recent monthly high, as the US Dol…
Michael Pfister at Commerzbank highlights a strong Canadian labour market and improving Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) and exports as signs of real-economy recovery, bu…
ING’s Frantisek Taborsky says Romania’s unchanged Baa3 rating at Moody’s and prior Fitch decision should ease pressure after recent ROMGBs underperformance. He expects the National Bank of Romania (NB…
EUR/CAD inches higher after three days of losses, trading around 1.6120 during the European hours on Monday. The currency cross is holding its ground, driven primarily by a resilient Euro (EUR) follow…
Gold (XAU/USD) drifts lower at the start of a new week and moves away from its highest level since June 17, touched on Friday following the disappointing release of the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) repor…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price gains ground after registering nearly 1.5% losses in the previous trading day, hovering around $79.40 per barrel during the Asian hours on Monday. Crude oil pri…
The GBP/USD pair edges lower at the start of a new week and moves further away from an over three-week high, or levels just above the 1.3500 psychological mark touched on Friday.
The ongoing US-Iran conflict has entered a crucial diplomatic phase, with intense fighting and strategic pressure around the vital Strait of Hormuz continuing to drive the dynamic of the war. Iranian …
USD/JPY gains ground after registering modest losses in the previous day, trading around 158.20 during the Asian hours on Monday. The pair remains stronger as the Japanese Yen (JPY) holds losses follo…
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The EUR/USD pair kicks off the new week on a subdued note and trades just above 1.1550 during the Asian session, well within striking distance of a fresh high since June 17, touched in reaction to the…
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published the Summary of Opinions from the July 30-31 monetary policy meeting, which showed a split between members wanting to hold rates to assess the impact of the last rate …
The French presidency of the G7 has been remarkably effective at reviving the policy discussion around global imbalances and international economic policy coordination after more than a decade of comp…
We don’t fully trust the dovish repricing in Bank of Japan expectations after recent central bank appointments, but upbeat risk sentiment (Nvidia earnings were strong) and soft Tokyo CPI overnight can…
Standard Chartered’s Jonathan Koh and Edward Lee now expect Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to keep its policy rate unchanged at the 27 August meeting, abandoning a previously projected hike. The ba…
DBS Group Research expects Singapore’s final 2Q26 GDP to be revised up to 5.9% year-on-year and 1.3% quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted, driven by stronger manufacturing and services. With first-h…
DBS Group Research anticipates China’s credit demand to stay weak in July, with new Yuan loans around RMB 10.8 billion and M2 growth at 8% year-on-year. Corporate and household medium- to long-term le…
A US official said on Friday that there is progress in Oman-Iran talks and that a deal could be signed soon, according to Reuters. Once the deal is announced, this would restore commercial shipping in…
The AUD/USD pair surged to its highest in nearly two months past 0.7070 earlier on Friday, following the release of the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report. The move owes nothing to Austr…
US Treasury yields drop across the curve on Friday amid growing speculation that the Iran-Oman deal is about to be sealed, which has so far pushed energy prices lower, while investors also digest a we…
NZD/USD trades around 0.5890 on Friday at the time of writing, up 0.36% on the day. The pair is benefiting from a sharp decline in the US Dollar (USD) following a much weaker-than-expected US employme…
The British Pound retreats against the Japanese Yen, down about 0.24%, as the Yen is poised to end the week on a higher note. However, GBP/JPY is poised to finish the week with minimal gains, trading …
Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) Nathan Janzen reports that Canada’s labour market strengthened in July, with a 75k employment gain following robust increases in May and June and a decline in the unemploy…