Friday, 18 September 2026
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DBS Group Research expects Singapore’s final 2Q26 GDP to be revised up to 5.9% year-on-year and 1.3% quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted, driven by stronger manufacturing and services. With first-half growth above tr…
A US official said on Friday that there is progress in Oman-Iran talks and that a deal could be signed soon, according to Reuters. Once the deal is announced, this would restore commercial shipping in the Strait of Horm…
Latigo Biotherapeutics and BlossomHill Therapeutics have provided more color for their respective initial public offerings as the companies look to join a Nasdaq newcomer class that’s shaping up to be the largest in yea…
NZD/USD trades around 0.5890 on Friday at the time of writing, up 0.36% on the day. The pair is benefiting from a sharp decline in the US Dollar (USD) following a much weaker-than-expected US employment report, while th…
The New York Fed Survey of Consumer Expectations shows that households’ inflation expectations decreased slightly over the short-term horizon and remained unchanged at the medium and longer-term horizons. One-year infla…
Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) Nathan Janzen reports that Canada’s labour market strengthened in July, with a 75k employment gain following robust increases in May and June and a decline in the unemployment rate to 6.4%. …
Norman Liebke at Commerzbank has revised Gas and German power price forecasts higher, citing tighter European storage, increased reliance on LNG and structural constraints on Qatari exports. The phase-out of Russian Gas…
The AUD/USD pair surged to its highest in nearly two months past 0.7070 earlier on Friday, following the release of the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report. The move owes nothing to Australia. Instead, the …
TD Securities strategists note that the US Dollar (USD) weakened after the disappointing July Payrolls report, but see limited downside against G10 currencies unless softer US inflation further reduces Fed hike expectat…
The American labour market contracted in July and the Dow Jones Industrial Average answered with a gain of roughly 65 points, a tenth of a percent, trading near 54,000 into the afternoon. The session high just above 54,…
Gold (XAU/USD) extends its recovery on Friday as weaker-than-expected US payroll growth weighs on the US Dollar (USD) and US Treasury yields. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades around $4,356 after hitting $4,371, it…
Gold (XAU/USD) resumes its bullish trend on Friday, after a brief consolidation on Thursday, to reach fresh three-week highs above $4,300, with bulls aiming for mid-June highs in the $4,380 area. The precious metal is o…
The US Dollar (USD) pares gains against the Swiss Franc (CHF) on Friday, with the USD/CHF pair drifting towards the 0.8100 level, after rejection at 0.8136 highs on Thursday.
United States (US) President Donald Trump said in an interview with Punchbowl, released during the European trading session on Friday, that a potential interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve (Fed) is not completely o…
The US Dollar Index (DXY) trades around 99.95 at the time of writing on Friday, virtually unchanged on the day, as investors refrain from placing aggressive bets ahead of the release of the July US employment report.
Commerzbank’s Tatha Ghose raises the near-term EUR/PLN forecast from 4.20 to 4.30, citing recent global risk-off moves and uncertainty surrounding the oil price shock.
GBP/USD extends its losses for the second consecutive day, trading around 1.3450 during the Asian hours on Friday. The pair depreciates as the British Pound (GBP) softens even as United Kingdom (UK) political risk fades.
The NZD/USD pair sticks to a negative bias for the second consecutive day and trades near the lower end of its weekly range, around the 0.5865 region, during the Asian session on Friday.
AUD/JPY halts its three-day winning streak, trading around 111.30 during the Asian hours on Friday. The currency cross depreciates as the Australian Dollar (AUD) loses ground, driven by a surge in global safe-haven dema…
Silver price (XAG/USD) trades 1% higher to near $62.20 during the Asian trading session on Friday. The white metal rises ahead of the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for July, which will be published at 1…
The AUD/USD pair steadies around the 0.7030-0.7025 region during the Asian session on Friday as traders opt to wait for the release of the closely watched US monthly employment details before placing fresh directional b…
China's Trade Balance for July, in US Dollar (USD) terms, arrives at $112.5 billion, higher than the $107.0 billion expected, but lower than the prior release of 125.62 billion.
NZD/USD trades lower near the 0.5900 level at the time of writing, with no New Zealand catalyst behind the move. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is up 0.26% near the 100.00 level, and the Kiwi is simply on the wrong side of i…
Regression Channels Meeting Fibs: A Structured Trading FrameworkMarkets rarely announce when a long-standing trend is coming to an end. Instead, they tend to leave subtle clues that, when viewed together, can suggest th…