Sunday, 1 November 2026
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Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report the Euro (EUR) is underperforming as French protests weigh on local assets and widen spreads versus Germany. However, EUR/USD technicals are described as neut…
The Mexican Peso (MXN) appreciates against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday amid speculation that the interest rate differential between Mexico and the US will remain unchanged, with the Federal Reserve (Fed) projected to …
Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur notes China’s reported 4.5% year-on-year Q3 growth, despite weak investment and flat real retail sales. He argues Beijing appears broadly satisfied and unlikely to deliver major new stimulus. …
TD Securities economists Oscar Munoz and Eli Nir project that US headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) will rise 0.30% month-on-month in October 2026, slowing from September’s 0.65% gain, with gasoline and food still cont…
The Euro (EUR) trades on the back foot on Monday as political concerns in France weigh on the currency, helping the US Dollar (USD) pause last week’s correction. At the time of writing, EUR/USD trades around 1.1215, dow…
Anthropic has started letting outside researchers inside its own walls. The company confirmed this week that it has given six employees from METR (Model Evaluation and Threat Research) “employee-like access” to its inte…
TD Securities strategists see limited scope for a sustained Canadian Dollar (CAD) rally after softer-than-expected September inflation data, despite hawkish signals from the Bank of Canada (BoC). They expect the next Bo…
Brown Brothers Harriman's Ellias Haddad expects Japan’s September Consumer Price Index (CPI) to edge higher but remain below the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) 2026 projection, limiting pressure for rapid tightening. With market…
The trading action in financial markets remain subdued at the beginning of the new week, with major currency pairs staying close to the previous week's closing levels. In the second half of the day, September Consumer P…
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Commerzbank’s Tatha Ghose highlights that while CE3 currencies have stabilized with the Euro, the Polish Zloty continues to underperform peers. He links this to institutional frictions between Poland’s government, presi…
Gold (XAU/USD) reverses its earlier gains on Monday after opening the week on a positive note. The US Dollar (USD) and US Treasury yields find some footing following last week’s pullback as traders assess the Federal Re…
The EUR/USD pair struggles to capitalize on a modest intraday bounce from the 1.1185 area and retains a mildly negative bias through the early European session on Monday. Spot prices, however, hold above the May 2025 lo…
Crude Oil trades moderately lower on Monday as market hopes that US President Donald Trump’s waiver on Russia’s sanctions will increase global crude supply have eased concerns about the stalled Middle East conflict. The…
For most of this year, the AI boom had been pouring fuel into the dollar engine. US capex was stronger, equity performance was better, the inflation impulse ran hotter and rate differentials kept leaning in Washington’s…
The AUD/JPY cross attracts some follow-through buyers for the second straight day on Monday, recovering further from an eight-month low, around the 108.65-108.60 region, touched last week. Spot prices climbed back above…
Danske Bank’s Danske Research Team highlights that US equities saw a sharp AI-related selloff on Friday, with energy outperforming technology by more than 4 percentage points. The SOX index logged an eighth straight dec…
The US Dollar (USD) turns almost flat after giving back its opening gains, driven by rallying bond yields in France. Social unrest in France on the back of rising cost of living had resulted in some improvement in the s…
EUR/JPY appreciates after opening at a bearish gap, remaining in negative territory and trading around 177.50 during Asian hours on Monday. Technical analysis of the daily chart shows the currency cross remains within a…
The USD/JPY pair reverses a modest Asian session dip on Monday and climbs back above the 158.00 mark in the last hour, though it remains confined in a familiar range.
Gold (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on modest intraday gains and remains below the $4,200 mark through the first half of Monday’s European session, well within a three-week-old trading range. US Federal Reserve (Fed)…
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor Chris Kent said on Monday that reasonable indication neutral rates are increasing domestically and globally, adding that it’s difficult to pinpoint neutral rate amid hi…
China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.5% year-over-year (YoY) in the third quarter (Q3), compared to 4.3% in the previous reading, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on Mon…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that an oil tanker caught fire and exploded after striking a naval mine in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, Times of Israel news agency reported.