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USD/JPY: Yen Rally Faces It’s Moment of Truth
The Yen has finally reached the part of the rally where the easy money has probably already been made.
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Gold: Fed risk keeps bullion vulnerable – ING
ING strategists Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey say Gold has slipped as higher Oil prices stoke inflation concerns and reinforce expectations of a potential Federal Reserve rate hike, lifting Treasury yields and the US…
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British Pound: Fragile labour market clouds BoE hikes - Commerzbank
Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister argues that rising Oil prices have sharply lifted UK rate expectations, with markets now discounting four Bank of England hikes by mid-2027 versus just over one in June. However, he highlig…
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British Pound pushes against five-week lows following mixed UK employment data
The British Pound (GBP) extends losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, with the GBP/USD pair hovering a few pips above five-week lows near 1.3465 at the London session opening times. Mixed UK employment figures …
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Japanese Yen: Higher Q4 range projected – Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s Chong Hoon Park and Nicholas Chia expect the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to deliver a 25bps rate hike in September but maintain a gradual normalisation path. They argue that USD/JPY is unlikely to fall on B…
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Equities: AI slowdown fears hit chip stocks – Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid reports that US equities weakened as AI slowdown headlines triggered a sharp selloff in semiconductor names, dragging the broader S&P 500 lower. The Philly Semiconductor Index suffered its worst…
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Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD remains under pressure near $63 ahead of Fed’s policy decision
Silver price (XAG/USD) is marginally lower to near $63.14 during the European trading session on Tuesday. The white metal remains under pressure as investors shift their focus to the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary pol…
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WTI rises above $98.50 amid Middle East supply fears
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price extends its gains for the second successive day, trading around $98.60 per barrel during the Asian hours on Tuesday. Crude oil prices appreciate as traders continue to navigate he…
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Canadian Dollar consolidates near 1.3900 as oil gains offset bullish USD ahead of Fed
The USD/CAD pair holds steady near the 1.3900 mark during the Asian session on Tuesday, stalling the previous day's modest pullback from a nearly two-week top. Traders, however, seem hesitant to place aggressive directi…
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Japanese Yen weakens as Fed rate hike looms
The USD/JPY pair gains ground to near 154.55 during the early Asian session on Tuesday. The US Dollar (USD) strengthens against the Japanese Yen (JPY) as traders ramp up their bets on a US interest rate hike in Septembe…
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PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate at 6.7670 vs. 6.7698 previous
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) sets the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead on Tuesday at 6.7670 compared to the previous day's fix of 6.7698 and 6.7051euters estimate.
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Saudi Arabia issues emergency alert for Khamis Mushait, Abha
Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense on Monday issued emergency alerts for the Khamis Mushait Governorate and Abha City. The officials then lifted the warnings shortly after, urging residents to continue following official inst…
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Iran's President Pezeshkian: Our demands are the same as our previous demands
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Tehran is not at war with Saudi Arabia. Pezeshkian added that Iran’s demands for negotiation with the United States (US) are the same as our previous demands.
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Gold falls below $4,300 as higher US yields bolster Fed rate hike bets
Gold price (XAU/USD) tumbles to near $4,295 during the early Asian session on Tuesday. The precious metal faces some selling pressure as rising bond yields and surging energy prices strengthen expectations that the US F…
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Bank of America CEO sees at least 10% drop in Q3 investment banking fees
The precious metal closed at $4,042.03 after hitting an intraday peak of $4,059.31, extending gains that have made it one of 2025's best-performing assets with a 52% year-to-date surge.
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USD/CAD Price Forecast: Buyers challenge 100-day SMA after double-bottom formation
USD/CAD edges higher on Monday as Fed rate hike expectations lift the US Dollar (USD) to a nearly two-week high, while rising Oil prices provide little support to the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar (CAD).
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Visa and Mastercard shares fall on UK payments rival report
Year to date, Mastercard Incorporated MA shares have declined 14.9%, trailing rival Visa Inc. V, which is down 8.9%, while American Express Company AXP has lost 15.6%. The broader industry dropped 17.5%, so MA isn't alo…
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US Dollar: Hawkish Fed may offer only limited gains - BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad expects the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to deliver a 25 bps hike to 3.75%-4.00%, its first move since July 2023, justified by above-target inflation and a solid labo…
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The Dollar Index climbs on Fed hike bets and stalls at its usual ceiling
The Dollar Index trades near 99.50, up 0.4% on the day, and it made the whole of that gain while America was asleep. A 5% Treasury yield sounds like the best thing that could happen to the Dollar, and New York has spent…
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British Pound buckles as US yields rise puts Fed in command
The British Pound (GBP/USD) tested five-week lows of 1.3464 and trimmed some of its earlier losses on Monday, but it remains in the red, down 0.23% amid a light economic docket in the US and the UK as both countries' ce…
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Euro slides against the Pound as a UK jobs test looms
EUR/GBP slides on Monday, trading around 0.8560 as the Euro (EUR) side of the cross is underpinned by a European Central Bank (ECB) that remains hawkish. The pair hit a two-week low of 0.8554 earlier in the day before t…
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Euro falls as higher Oil prices support Canadian Dollar amid mixed inflation data
EUR/CAD declines to around 1.6060 on Monday at the time of writing, down 0.17% on the day. The Canadian Dollar (CAD) benefits from the sharp rise in Oil prices, while the latest Canadian inflation data do little to alte…
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Japanese Yen weakens at the start of a central bank-heavy week
USD/JPY climbs on Monday as US Dollar (USD) demand picks up ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate decision on Wednesday.
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AirBaltic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as Iran war costs bite
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