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Cyclosporiasis: Investing in Biosecurity

In a year already marked by headlines of Ebola outbreaks and flashback-inducing cruise ship quarantines, everyday foodborne threats are delivering a sharp reminder of supply chain vulnerability. Since May, an ongoing cy…

Euro: Drifting toward ECB test – ING

Chris Turner at ING notes EUR/USD has held up relatively well despite energy price gains and wider natural gas prices. Interest rate differentials and expectations of a stronger European Central Bank (ECB) response than…

Indonesian Rupiah weakens as BI holds rate at 5.75%

USD/IDR has recovered its daily losses, trading around 17,950 during the European hours on Wednesday. The pair appreciates as the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) struggles after the Bank Indonesia (BI) decided to hold its bench…

Fabulous Fundamentals in This Corner of the Bond Market

According to Bankrate’s Mortgage Rates, the national average for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.61%. That’s uncomfortably high and a major headwind to many prospective homebuyers, particularly those in the first-time cat…

British Pound: Heavy trade as BoE seen adjusting – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s Elias Haddad notes the British Pound (GBP) remains heavy versus the US Dollar (USD) and Euro (EUR) after a mixed United Kingdom (UK) June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, with headline inflat…

US Dollar: Trade tariffs to reshape FX volatility – MUFG

Derek Halpenny at MUFG explains that US trade tariff uncertainty is set to re-emerge as Section 122 measures expire and are replaced by more targeted Section 301 actions. He expects widespread investigations and tariffs…

Japanese Yen: Weakness persists as BoJ hike talk grows – MUFG

MUFG’s Derek Halpenny highlights persistent Japanese Yen weakness as USD/JPY trades at levels last seen in 1986, with low volatility undermining the Ministry of Finance’s case for intervention. He notes limited contagio…

XRP Ledger Surpasses 1 Million AI Agent Transactions

The XRP Ledger has processed more than 1 million agentic transactions, marking growing adoption of AI-driven payment activity on the network. RippleX’s head of engineering said the figure could reach 100 million transac…

ETFs for the Next Leg of Earnings Expansion

The Q2 earnings season is still in its early days, but it’s already handing us a reality check: growth is broadening out. These conditions are putting one tried-and-tested segment of smart beta ETFs, the equal-weighted …