Thursday, 17 September 2026
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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…
The AUD/JPY cross trades in positive territory near 112.80 during the early European trading hours on Friday. However, the potential upside for the cross might be limited as traders ramped up bets on a Bank of Japan (Bo…
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…
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…
The USD/JPY pair stages a modest intraday recovery from the vicinity of the August monthly low and climbs back to the 156.50 area during the Asian session on Friday. Spot prices, for now, seem to have snapped a two-day …
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 …
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – trades below the $90.00 mark during the Asian session on Friday and remains close to its highest level since July 24, touched earlier this week. The com…
The Mexican Peso appreciates against the US Dollar on Thursday, with the latter weakening amid a dovish tilt by Fed Governor Waller and speculation about an FX market intervention to boost the Japanese Yen. The USD/MXN …
The GBP/JPY tanks amid speculation of intervention by Japanese authorities in the FX markets, driven by a rate check by Tokyo. The cross-pair drops more than 300 pips, trades at 210.92, down by more than 1.40%.
Last chance to short $OSE:NK2251! OSE:NK2251! formed top 73000 at 23 June, move downward and formed wave 1 & 2. The key point to confirm downtrend is 66500. If drop below, the 1st target is 63000 (wave 3) and rebound to…
UOB economist Jester Koh highlights that Singapore’s electronics PMI rose in August, with broad-based gains in new export orders, output and backlogs. Koh argues recent softness in electronics NODX and IP likely reflect…
The Yen has produced in two sessions what the largest intervention on record could not, and it did so without a single reported purchase. USD/JPY trades just under 156.00 after a session that ran from a high just under …
The New Zealand Dollar trades just under 0.5900 into the New York afternoon, up roughly half a percent, after a session that retraced most of Wednesday's decision-day slide without a single New Zealand input. NZD/USD cl…
Geoff Yu at BNY highlights CNY as the main outlier in the U.S. trade-weighted basket, showing behavior opposite to other key currencies. CNY failed to react positively to July–August Fed and Treasury decisions, with wea…
The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) Deputy Governor Jonathan Heath said that the central bank can wait to reduce interest rates, signaling that further easing is possible but in about a year or more, as he qualified the curren…
The Pound Sterling rises against the US Dollar on Thursday, as Fed Governor Christopher Waller favors holding the rate unchanged, shifting to a more neutral stance regarding monetary policy, while data showed that the U…
Scotiabank’s Global FX Strategy team reports the British Pound (GBP) is flat versus the US Dollar (USD) but softer on crosses, with UK PMI data offering little new insight. Markets price minimal tightening for the Septe…
ING economists Bert Colijn and Carsten Brzeski argue that the Eurozone’s long-standing export-led growth model is being structurally eroded by higher energy costs, rising Chinese competition and a changing global trade …
USD/CAD extends its decline for the second consecutive day on Thursday as broad US Dollar (USD) weakness and the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) hawkish message at its September policy meeting support the Canadian Dollar (CAD). …
Gold (XAU/USD) extends its rebound on Thursday after slipping below $4,300 to a nearly four-week low on the previous day. A sharp rally in the Japanese Yen (JPY) weighs on the US Dollar (USD), while a pullback in US Tre…
USD/JPY extends its decline for a second consecutive day and trades around 155.40 on Thursday at the time of writing, down 2.07% on the day. The pair comes under strong selling pressure as the Japanese Yen (JPY) benefit…
Societe Generale strategists highlight heavy USD/JPY turnover as the pair slid below its 200-day moving average, with leveraged accounts forced to cover shorts. They argue that potential Bank of Japan (BoJ) tightening c…
USD/JPY extends its losses for the second consecutive day, trading around 156.80 during the European hours on Thursday.
GBP/USD edges lower after opening at a bullish gap, remaining within positive territory and trading around 1.3290 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The currency pair is under pressure as the US Dollar (USD) stabilizes,…