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The Mexican Peso appreciates against the US Dollar, testing two-year highs near 16.85 as the USD/MXN sets aside a strong US Nonfarm Payrolls report, which was ignored by the Peso’s bears. At the time of writing, the eme…
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OCBC’s Christopher Wong notes that USD/IDR has pulled back as a softer Dollar and lower UST yields support the Indonesian Rupiah. He highlights Bank Indonesia Governor Destry Damayanti’s emphasis on a stability-first ap…
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Commerzbank says China’s August Services PMI rebound highlights some resilience in private-sector activity, but weak retail sales, soft inflation and higher unemployment still point to fragile domestic demand. The stron…
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The Pound Sterling retreats some 0.09% against the US Dollar as the latest US inflation report reaffirmed what Fed Chair Warsh said that the labour market is “consistent with full employment.” GBP/USD trades near Friday…
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DBS Group Research economist Chua Han Teng notes that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) held the Overnight Policy Rate at 2.75% while dropping language that the current level is appropriate. DBS expects rates to remain unchang…
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ING’s Muhammet Mercan notes the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) has normalised liquidity via weekly repo auctions, bringing effective funding costs down to the 37% policy rate. ING expects the CBRT to hol…
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OCBC’s Christopher Wong notes that strong foreign-currency inflows linked to the RBI’s special measures have bolstered the Indian Rupee (INR) and strengthened the central bank’s FX buffer. However, with the FCNR(B) wind…
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AUD/USD resumes its advance on Friday after a brief bout of weakness following a stronger-than-expected United States (US) employment report. The pair initially fell to 0.7173 before reversing as the US Dollar (USD) str…
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Nordea expects Eurozone inflation dynamics to stay persistent, with headline inflation projected above the ECB’s target at least until spring 2027. They see recent data as slightly weaker than the ECB’s June projections…
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Risk sentiment recovered and the Dollar eases starting the week after Friday’s fly-to-quality, as breaking geopolitical headlines triggered fresh market optimism. President Trump stated that both Iran and Israel are loo…
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DBS Group Research expects the European Central Bank (ECB) to raise the deposit facility rate to 2.50%, citing a resilient inflation-growth mix in the Eurozone. The report notes headline inflation has moved further abov…
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MUFG’s Michael Wan highlights a sharp strengthening in the Japanese Yen, with USD/JPY dropping from 160 to around 155.30 as the Dollar broadly weakened and Asian FX gained. The report notes uncertainty over any Bank of …
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EUR/GBP trades on the back foot on Friday, snapping a four-day winning streak that pushed the cross above 0.8600 to its highest level since July 1. Softer-than-expected Eurozone Retail Sales data weighs modestly on the …
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Gold (XAU/USD) falls sharply on Friday, snapping a two-day recovery after the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report surprised strongly to the upside. The metal briefly climbed above $4,500 on Thursday, gaining nearly 2%, but…
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The news traveled quickly across Nike’s sprawling headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. Elliott Hill was coming back.
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Societe Generale reports that USD/MXN has moved back below 17.00 as Mexican officials engage with US counterparts on trade issues following a widening US-Canada rift. The bank highlights a sharp drop in Mexico’s car imp…
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Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the United States (US) rose by 162K in August, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. This print followed July's increase of 21K and surpassed the market expectation of 56K…
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USD/CHF gains ground after registering losses in the previous day, trading around 0.8080 during Asian hours on Friday. The pair appreciates as the US Dollar (USD) holds gains after recovering daily losses; however, the …
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The Indian Rupee (INR) opens on a flat note against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, but is close to its two-month high of 94.29 posted the previous day. The Indian currency strengthens due to strong inflows of foreign fu…
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The GBP/USD pair edges higher to around 1.3530 during the early European trading hours on Friday. Hawkish rhetoric from a Bank of England (BoE) policymaker provides some support to the British Pound (GBP) against the US…
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On January 3, 2026, the United States launched a special operation to exfiltrate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from Caracas. Below, Brookings experts consider the immediate implications of this operat…
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For most of this year, every decent yen rally has arrived with the same question hanging over it: where is the Ministry of Finance?
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USD/IDR gains ground after two days of losses, trading around 17,670 during the Asian hours on Friday. The currency pair is pushing higher as the US Dollar (USD) holds onto its recent gains after rebounding from intrada…
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Gold (XAU/USD) remains on the defensive below the $4,500 mark through the Asian session on Friday, snapping a two-day winning streak amid a modest US Dollar (USD) uptick. The commodity, however, remains close to the wee…