Commerzbank’s energy team notes fading hopes for a US–Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, driving Brent toward USD 90 and gas oil to nearly USD 1,350 per ton. Drone attacks on refineries in Saudi Arabia, Russ…
Chris Turner at ING observes that EUR/USD realised volatility continues to decline, with one-year volatility matching lows from November 2024. He argues this calm backdrop is unlikely to change before mid-September, and…
Private-sector hiring in the US has further cooled in late July. According to the NER Pulse, the weekly companion to the ADP National Employment Report, companies added an average of 8.25K jobs per week in the four week…
DBS Group Research economist Chua Han Teng highlights that Singapore’s economy is set to deliver above-trend growth for a third straight year in 2026, supported by manufacturing, wholesale trade and financial services. …
Rabobank's Senior FX Strategist Jane Foley examines Japanese inflation dynamics and Bank of Japan policy. The report notes elevated Oil prices and supply risks, but stresses BoJ’s focus on core inflation and wage-driven…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered a less hawkish hold, keeping rates at 4.35% and judging policy “somewhat restrictive” as the labor market has eased more…
Gold (XAU/USD) pauses its rally on Tuesday after hitting a two-month high of $4,435 earlier in Asian trading hours. Price action remains driven by movements in Oil prices and their impact on the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) …
August 11, 2026, 3:45 AM EDT. Australian shares climbed on Tuesday, led by strength in commodity-linked stocks which offset declines in banks. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept rates unchanged and indicated possi…
The Australian Dollar (AUD) has reacted with moderate declines against the US Dollar (USD) following Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michelle Bullock's speech on Tuesday. The AUD/USD spiked down below 0.7050, from Mo…
The AUD/USD pair slides below mid-0.7000s after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced its policy decision, though it lacks follow-through.
AUD/NZD pares its daily gains, trading around 1.1960 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The Australian Dollar (AUD) has drifted lower following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) latest monetary policy decision, keep…
USD/IDR gains ground after two days of losses, trading around 17,850 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair holds onto its gains as the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) struggles following June Retail Sales data, which show…
The Indian Rupee (INR) opens on a cautious note against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday. The USD/INR pair rises further to near 95.40 as surging oil prices due to escalating fears of a prolonged global supply disruption …
The Australian Dollar (AUD) faces selling pressure against its major currency peers, trading 0.15% lower at around 112.20 against the Japanese Yen (JPY) during the Asian trading session on Tuesday.
Gold (XAU/USD) retreats from its highest level since June 5, touched earlier this Tuesday, and slides back below the $4,400 mark heading into the European session. Despite Friday's weak US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report,…
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack crossed the wires on Monday and was hawkish, noting that the current rate is not “meaningfully restricting the economy” and that there is a need for some number of rate hikes.
Cable has spent the session inside a band of barely 45 pips straddling 1.3500, up 0.13% and holding its best ground since mid-July. The floor sits fractionally beneath the handle and the ceiling short of 1.3550, which d…
The Yen has surrendered close to a full percent through the session, with the pair up 0.93% and changing hands just above 159.00 after a 120-pip range running from the 158.00 handle to short of 159.50. That recovers rou…
The Euro is poised to end Monday’s session with losses of about 0.13% against the Greenback, as recent news points to a delay in talks between the US and Iran, while, from a technical perspective, EUR/USD stalled at the…
US Treasury yields rose on Monday as traders braced for the release of US inflation figures this week, following a worse-than-expected Nonfarm Payrolls report last Friday. Headlines that read “Iran rules out talks with …
The Australian Dollar has traded a band of barely 20 pips through the session, holding above 0.7050 and easing 0.15% inside it. That is the tightest daily range the pair has produced in weeks, and it arrives at the end …
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock is speaking at the press conference, explaining the reasons behind leaving the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.35% after the August monetary policy meeting…
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) trades near 0.5900 against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, giving back a little ground after a run toward multi-day highs last week. The Kiwi could not sustain the recent upside impulse and h…
The Indian Rupee (INR) snaps a five-day losing streak against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday. The USD/INR pair retraces to near 91.80 as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has intervened in the foreign exchange market to …