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Oil: Hormuz stalemate sustains inflation risks - Rabobank
Rabobank Senior Macro Strategist Bas van Geffen says the US-Iran stalemate and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz are keeping oil-driven inflation risks elevated.
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Iran says preparing list of conditions to open Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Security Chief Mohsen Rezaei said on Friday that Tehran is preparing a list of its conditions to open the Strait of Hormuz in response to a request by mediators, adding that conditions include ending the war in t…
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WTI remains above $82.50 amid rising UK-Russia tensions
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price declines after two days of gains, trading around $82.70 per barrel during the Asian hours on Friday. Crude oil prices may regain their footing as intensifying conflicts in Eastern…
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The Japanese Yen gets its hike whatever Tokyo CPI prints
USD/JPY holds just beneath 159.50 on Thursday, ahead 0.05% across a range of forty-two pips, a fifth consecutive session of grinding higher without getting anywhere. The pair remains beneath a declining 50-day Exponenti…
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Advent, Stripe consortium is said to drop pursuit of PayPal, Bloomberg News reports
A consortium of buyout firm Advent and payment processor Stripe has decided to abandon its pursuit of fintech pioneer PayPal, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Euro holds modest bid above 1.1650 ahead of Jackson Hole Symposium
The EUR/USD pair posts modest gains near 1.1655 during the early Asian session on Friday. Markets might turn cautious later in the day as Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Kevin Warsh is set to deliver his much-awaited key…
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Japanese Yen strengthens as Tokyo core CPI inflatin bolsters BoJ rate hike chance
The USD/JPY pair declines to around 159.30 during the early Asian session on Friday. The Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) as Japan’s Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data strengthens …
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Australian Dollar hits three-month peak on risk-on mood, eyes on Warsh
The Aussie Dollar climbed to a three-month high of 0.7198 on Thursday, even though the US Dollar steadied on solid jobs data and hawkish comments by Federal Reserve officials. The AUD/USD trades at 0.7194, up 0.34%.
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The Australian Dollar is inches away from generational highs against the Yen
AUD/JPY traded close to 114.75 on Thursday, ahead 0.36% on the session, with a high that stops nineteen pips beneath a ceiling the pair has not traded above since September 7, 1990. The August bar is running 3.80% highe…
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US President Trump hits Canada on trade, says Hormuz Oil keeps flowing
US President Donald Trump held a press conference on Thursday at the White House, where he insisted that Canada has been "ripping" off the US on trade and that it wants to be “treated like a state.”
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Fed’s Hammack says policy restrictiveness still needed
Cleveland Federal Reserve (Fed) President Beth Hammack said on Thursday on Fox Business that the job market is broadly in balance, while adding that “we need restrictiveness in policy.”
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Chinese Yuan: Measured RMB appreciation with two-way risks – OCBC
OCBC Bank strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong highlight that USD/CNH has edged higher alongside a broader US Dollar (USD) rebound and firmer US Treasury yields, while the People's Bank of China (PBoC) continu…
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Australian Dollar gains on hawkish RBA outlook, Warsh speech in focus
The Australian Dollar (AUD) outperforms its major peers on Thursday, buoyed by hawkish Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) expectations after Australian inflation data released on Wednesday surprised to the upside. A softer…
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Crude Oil takes back the reopening it bought on Tuesday
Crude Oil trades near $83.50 on Thursday, ahead 2.52% and more than $3.00 above a session low just above $80.00 printed at 07:00 GMT. The final leg is the loud one, better than a dollar inside the twenty minutes before …
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The US Dollar Index sits still through two hawkish speeches
The US Dollar Index trades just above 99.00 on Thursday, unchanged on the session across a range of less than a fifth of a point. That sits roughly 2.6% beneath the June peak just under 102.00 and beneath a rolling 50-d…
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Fed’s Collins says PCE does not change restrictive policy view
The Boston Fed President, Suan Collins, crossed the wires on Thursday as the Jackson Hole Symposium began. She said that the recent PCE report does not change the view that policy is restrictive and will lead to gradual…
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EUR/USD Holds Bullish Structure Despite Rejection Near 1.1700
EUR/GBP Downside Extends, But 0.8612 Has Become the Trap Line26 May 2026, 9:05 AM London, UK The session is being shaped by a three-way tension: Middle East headlines are still driving risk and oil, large same-day optio…
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Japanese Yen : Range holds with BoJ hike expectations – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH Elias Haddad notes USD/JPY is stuck between resistance at 160.00 and support at the 200‑day moving average, as Bank of Japan (BoJ) officials maintain hawkish guidance and underlying inflat…
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Canadian Dollar: Trade war complicates BoC path – Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered economist Dan Pan expects the Bank of Canada (BoC) to keep its policy rate at 2.25% and delay a 25bps cut to December, citing a Q2 growth rebound that reduces the need for immediate easing. The report…
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Euro retreats below 1.1650 as inflation data buoys US Dollar ahead of Jackson Hole
The Euro (EUR) heads lower for the second consecutive day on Thursday, with the US Dollar (USD) supported by strong US inflation data released on Wednesday. The EUR/USD pair trades at weekly lows sub-1.1650 during the E…
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Canadian dollar falls as traders weigh Fed outlook and U.S. dollar strength
Gold (XAU/USD) attracts sellers on Tuesday, snapping a two-day winning streak as a firmer US Dollar (USD) and rising long-term US Treasury yields weigh on the precious metal. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades aroun…
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Gold eases as traders await clearer signals on the Fed interest rate path
Gold (XAU/USD) erases its earlier intraday gains on Thursday as buyers turn cautious after a strong rally this month. The precious metal climbed to $4,697 earlier this week, its highest level since May 14, and is still …
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US yields tick higher as energy drop pauses amid Fed uncertainty
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged again and gave no signal it plans to lower rates in September despite mounting pressure from President Donald Trump and his appointees on the Fed’s p…
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BoJ’s Himino says will balance economic data and inflation risks on rates
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Thursday that the central bank will reach decision on rates balancing need to gain information on economy, financial conditions, and acting in timely fashion to a…