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The Indian Rupee (INR) snaps three-day losing streak against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday. The USD/INR pair corrects to near 95.62 as a sharp decline in long-dated United States (US) bond yields, following the announ…
AUD/USD depreciates after registering over 0.5% gains in the previous day, trading around 0.7120 during the Asian hours on Thursday. The AUD/USD pair faces downward pressure as the Australian Dollar (AUD) slips in respo…
The EUR/USD pair posts modest losses around 1.1675 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The Euro (EUR) edges lower against the US Dollar (USD) after experiencing a sharp surge in the previous session. However, th…
The GBP/USD pair edges lower during the Asian session on Thursday and retreats further from its highest level since May 11, touched the previous day. Spot prices slip below the 1.3600 mark in the last hour, though the f…
The AUD/JPY cross attracts some sellers following the release of a dismal Australian jobs report, though it lacks follow-through and holds above the weekly low touched the previous day. Spot prices currently trade with …
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price appreciates after registering modest losses in the previous day, trading around $85.50 per barrel during the Asian hours on Thursday. Crude oil prices have surged amid escalating …
Australia’s Unemployment Rate climbed to 4.5% in July from 4.4% in June, according to the official data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday. The figure came in above the market consensus of…
Silver (XAG/USD) trades sharply higher on Wednesday, changing hands near $65.80. The metal is riding a broad rally across precious metals with Gold (XAU/USD) soaring toward $4,500.
The USD/CHF pair tumbles nearly 2% on Wednesday as a US Treasury buyback announcement sends the Greenback into a tailspin, while US Treasury yields also dive. The pair trades at 0.7979 after reaching a high of 0.8128.
AUD/USD holds firm near a two-and-a-half-month high on Wednesday, supported by broad US Dollar (USD) weakness, while technical indicators point to further upside. At the time of writing, the pair trades around 0.7118, u…
NZD/USD rises sharply on Wednesday and trades around 0.5930 at the time of writing, up 0.96% on the day. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) benefits primarily from broad weakness in the US Dollar (USD), as the sharp decline i…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Oil holds firm on Wednesday, hovering near its highest level in more than three weeks as traders balance Middle East supply risks against rising US crude inventories. At the time of writing…
The Mexican Peso (MXN) rallies to a two-year high of 16.94 on Wednesday as the US Dollar (USD) weakens amid falling US yields, which retreated after the US Treasury doubled the size of its long-duration bond buyback. Th…
USD/JPY edges lower on Wednesday as the US Dollar (USD) loses momentum and retreats toward the June lows touched earlier this week. At the time of writing, the pair trades around 159.10, down 0.32% on the day.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, trade 0.55% higher at around $84.80 during the European trading session on Wednesday. The oil price remains firm as fears of prolonged energy supply disruption remain int…
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) published the Minutes of the July meeting on Wednesday. "The information available at the time of the meeting indicated that inflation remained elevated. Labor market conditions …
National Bank of Canada’s (NBC) Angelo Katsoras argues that Canada’s push to diversify exports away from the United States (US) toward the European Union (EU) faces growing obstacles as EU industrial policy turns more p…
Societe Generale analysts Galvin Chia and Kunal Kundu note that Bank Indonesia kept the BI rate at 5.75%, with deposit and lending facility rates unchanged, reinforcing Rupiah stability and inflation control. They see t…
Gold (XAU/USD) trades moderately higher on Wednesday and returns to the $4,370 area, after finding buyers near the $4,300 area on Tuesday. A broad-based US Dollar weakness amid lower US yields ahead of the release of Ju…
The global bond market is facing a systemic stress test that extends well beyond the Federal Reserve. The triple forces of stubborn inflation, government fiscal expansion, and the artificial intelligence (AI) investment…
ING’s Chris Turner, citing UK economist James Smith, notes that July United Kingdom (UK) Consumer Price Index (CPI) had limited impact on EUR/GBP, with benign food inflation and only a modest uptick in the Bank of Engla…
Silver (XAG/USD) stabilizes around $63.45 on Wednesday, up 0.16% on the day at the time of writing. The white metal is attempting to regain its footing after hitting an intraday low of $62.19, initially extending the pu…
Commerzbank’s Antje Praefcke says markets will scrutinize the latest Fed minutes for clues on how close policymakers remain to another rate hike after weaker US labour and inflation data reduced expectations for a hike …
Gold (XAU/USD) rebounds from the weekly low, which it touched during the Asian session on Wednesday, and climbs above $4,350 in the last hour. The US Dollar (USD) attracts some sellers, stalling this week's goodish reco…