Saturday, 7 November 2026
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TD Securities notes that the Colombian Peso (COP) has been a top high-yield performer but sees its supportive mix of tight monetary and loose fiscal policy fading. With Banco de la República’s (BanRep) hiking cycle near…
The New York Federal Reserve (Fed) released on Tuesday the August Survey of Consumer Expectations, in which households' inflation expectations dipped in the medium term, while expectations about the labor market remaine…
The US dollar spiked to the upside on Friday after the US NFP report showed job growth in August almost tripling the consensus estimate of 56K. The dollar gains didn’t last long, though, as most of the NFP-driven moves …
OCBC’s Christopher Wong reports USD/CNH briefly fell to its lowest level since February 2023 before rebounding after the PBoC set a higher-than-expected daily fix. Wong argues policymakers are leaning against the pace, …
The Pound Sterling (GBP) registers modest gains of over 0.08% on Tuesday as Bank of England (BoE) policymakers testify before the UK Treasury Select Committee, while a light economic docket in the US keeps the Greenback…
The Loonie gains some traction versus the Greenback, while the latter posts modest losses, as US and Canadian financial markets remain closed in observance of Labour Day. Nevertheless, the USD/CAD edges lower by some 0.…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades near 52,900, roughly 190 points lower, in the first session since Friday. Crude Oil has risen for six days running and the two-year Treasury yield sits at its highest since Januar…
EUR/USD holds above 1.1600 on Tuesday after a session that has covered 28 pips and left the pair half a pip from where it opened. European gas hit a three-year high on the same clock, and the European Central Bank (ECB)…
Rabobank’s Florence Schmit highlights that TTF Natural Gas remains supported by low European storage and disrupted Gulf LNG flows. The absence of meaningful U.S.-Iran progress keeps a structural risk premium in prices, …
ING strategist Francesco Pesole reports that Sterling gained modestly, helped by Chancellor John Healey’s first major speech stressing fiscal discipline and keeping long-end gilt moves aligned with global bond selling. …
Michael Pfister at Commerzbank highlights that the Mexican Peso has strengthened, with USD/MXN back below 17, helped by a weaker Dollar and Mexico’s strong performance among major currencies. He cites better-than-expect…
Gold (XAU/USD) posts marginal gains for the third straight day on Tuesday amid risk-off sentiment as tensions in the Middle East escalate and Oil prices rally, strengthening the case for higher interest rates in the wor…
Surging oil prices, a CPI spike not seen in three years, and Treasury yields at levels last touched in 2007 are forcing a September rate decision that could reshape which stocks lead the market through the rest of 2026.
When the Bank of Japan's Policy Board wraps its two-day meeting on July 31, markets will almost certainly get the rate hold they have priced in. What they are watching for is something else entirely: the specific langua…
The immediate catalyst for the latest sharp decline remains difficult to identify with precision, but the broader story behind the yen has changed noticeably since the middle of last week, and several forces are now pul…
The Australian Dollar (AUD) is down 0.13% to near 0.7210 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Tuesday. The Aussie pair comes under pressure as the US Dollar turns positive after a weak star…
The Indian Rupee (INR) retreats from its two-month high against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday. The USD/INR pair recovers to near 94.90 from its two-month low of 94.29 posted last week as the impact of higher oil prices…
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, warned on Tuesday that Tehran would respond to what it calls US "economic warfare" by imposing a maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf.
Various industry analysts estimate that the acquisitions made by the Asian giant are far greater than those officially declared
The USD/JPY pair declines for the second straight day – also marking the fourth day of a fall in the previous five – and sinks to its lowest level since February 18, around mid-153.00s during the Asian session on Tuesda…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price edges lower and is trading around $90.40 per barrel during Asian hours on Tuesday. However, crude oil prices may regain ground as Iran vowed to strike energy infrastructure across…
China's Trade Balance for August, in US Dollar (USD) terms, arrives at $119.09 billion, almost in line with $119.1 billion estimates, but higher than the July reading of $112.5 billion.
AUD/USD halts its four-day winning streak, trading around 0.7210 during Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair holds ground following the release Trade Balance data from China, Australia’s close trading partner.
USD/CAD extends its losses for the second successive day, trading around 1.3800 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. Analysts at HSBC caution that, despite the recent improvement in sentiment around the Fed’s anti-inflati…