Gold (XAU/USD) price retreats some 0.40% on Monday after last Friday's hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh, which sparked speculation of a possible rate hike at the September meeting. Despite this…
BNY’s Wee Khoon Chong notes Oil prices are underpinned by renewed U.S.–Iran tensions near the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump’s claim of a deal granting U.S. majority control over Venezuela’s vast reserves. Chong s…
GBP/JPY trades on the back foot on Monday as the Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens against its major peers. The Pound Sterling (GBP), meanwhile, lacks a fresh domestic catalyst as UK markets remain closed for the Summer Ba…
Wee Khoon Chong at BNY reports strong Japanese macro data and resilient housing and commerce indicators, supporting the narrative that Japan has exited deflation and Bank of Japan (BoJ) normalization remains in play. US…
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…
Silver (XAG/USD) rebounds on Monday and trades around $66.70 at the time of writing, up 0.40% on the day. The main obstacle to a stronger recovery in Silver remains the shift in expectations surrounding the Federal Rese…
National Bank of Canada's (NBC) Taylor Schleich and Ethan Currie expect the Bank of Canada (BoC) to keep its overnight rate at 2.25% and maintain current balance sheet policy. They argue markets still overprice late-202…
OCBC FX Strategist Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong note that Fed Chair Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech eased debasement concerns and supported the Dollar, with Gold lower and the US yield curve flatter. They say structur…
Rabobank strategists expect the Bank of Canada (BoC) to keep its overnight rate at 2.25% at the September 2 meeting and through 2027, despite markets pricing in around 17bp of tightening by year-end. They highlight stro…
DBS Group Research economist Philip Wee notes that the US Dollar (USD) recovered after Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech, as futures pricing restored a meaningful probability of a September FOMC rate hike. …
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.
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 …
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…
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…
Gold (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on a modest intraday bounce from sub-$4,400 levels – a one-and-a-half-week low – and sticks to a negative bias heading into the European session on Monday. The US Dollar (USD) ease…
The AUD/USD pair loses traction to near 0.7160 during the early Asian session on Monday. The US Dollar (USD) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) after Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh hinted that rate hikes m…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…