Thursday, 17 September 2026
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Gold (XAU/USD) trades flat on Monday after opening the week lower and briefly falling below $4,400, its lowest level since August 19, during Asian trading hours. The metal lacks strong upside momentum as hawkish Federal…
Geoff Yu at BNY argues that upcoming German CPI and Eurozone flash CPI are critical for European Central Bank expectations, with markets already pricing a near-certain September hike. While services inflation is softeni…
USD/IDR extends its gains for the second successive day, trading around 17,790 during the European hours on Monday. However, the upward momentum for USD/IDR remains capped by broader US Dollar (USD) weakness.
It was a "good week" for the Australian dollar, the currency climbing to fresh leg highs of 0.7208 against the US dollar Friday night and reaching multi-year highs against several major currencies. However, the move cam…
Financial markets adopt a cautious stance on the last day of August as investors assess shifting odds of a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike in September and re-escalating tensions in the Middle East. The economi…
ING’s commodities team, led by Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey, reports that Gold came under pressure after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh reinforced a higher-for-longer rates narrative, supporting the Dollar. They …
The Euro (EUR) is looking for direction against the British Pound (GBP) on Monday, following a sharp reversal last Friday, with bears eyeing the bottom of the last two weeks’ trading range, just below 0.8550. Negative p…
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Presidential Adviser Anwar Gargash said during the European trading session on Monday that political solutions must begin with de-escalation and restoring normal shipping through the Strait of…
US Central Command (CENTCOM) struck Iranian rocket launchers that were preparing to send mines into the Strait of Hormuz, following weeks of relative calm, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday recent Japanese Yen (JPY) moves were "pretty well contained," suggesting the Japanese currency's renewed weakness were not seen as the kind of disorderly moves that l…
Rebecca Patterson is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a globally recognized investor, and macroeconomic researcher.
Wall Street kicked off the week with a flurry of bold calls on some of the market's most closely watched names, and at least one stock just scored a target price hike of more than 50 percent from a major…
Two banks have paused selling products of Mark Walter's Delaware Life amid concerns of federal probes into how the insurer's parent company reported about $20 billion in assets that were affiliated with other entities c…
Commerzbank’s Charlie Lay reports the Bank of Korea has delivered back-to-back 25bp hikes to 3.0%, front-loading tightening as growth and core inflation forecasts rise. The bank signals one more hike over six months but…
Commerzbank’s Charlie Lay reports that the Bank of Korea (BoK) delivered a second consecutive 25 bp hike to 3.0% and kept a tightening bias, supporting KRW after its sharp appreciation since June. The bank expects a nea…
DBS Group strategists Taimur Baig and Nathan Chow forecast Vietnam’s goods exports to maintain strong double-digit growth at 27% year-on-year in August 2026, led by electronics and supported by external demand. Retail s…
ING’s Chris Turner reports that the Korean Won (KRW) continues to advance, driven by back-to-back Bank of Korea (BoK) rate hikes to 3.00% and a Dot Plot pointing to 3.25% in six months. Upgraded Gross Domestic Product (…
The Mexican Peso (MXN) depreciates against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, down by over 0.42% on hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh at the Jackson Hole Symposium. This prompted investors to price …
Sports prediction markets are federally regulated in all 50 states, but knowing the states where you can use apps like Kalshi and Polymarket is challenging for new users. That's because some states are suing, causing sp…
Concerns about the US credit market have eased further since the weekend, prompting a hawkish repricing in the Fed curve and justifying a stronger dollar. EUR/USD may slip all the way to 1.160 in the next few days, but …
Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur challenges recent internal analysis on CNY undervaluation and exports, arguing that China’s exchange-rate management and gold purchases point to deliberate weakening. He highlights China’s out…
DBS Group Research economists Radhika Rao and Chua Han Teng note that Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised its policy rate by 25 bps to 5.0% to anchor inflation expectations and support the Peso. Philippine Peso (PH…
DBS Group strategists Taimur Baig and Nathan Chow expect Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to keep its Overnight Policy Rate unchanged at 2.75% on September 3, maintaining the stance adopted after its July 2025 insurance cut. …
Japan delivered the inflation and labour data the Bank of Japan needs to move next month and the Japanese Yen is weaker for a fifth consecutive session. Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation excluding food and ener…