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Christine Lagarde: Interview with Les Échos

On 11 June, the ECB raised its key interest rates. Do you still think that was the right decision, given that just ten days later Iran and the United States agreed a 60-day ceasefire?

Crude Oil forgets the war and shrugs at the tollbooth

Crude Oil finished Thursday at its lowest level in 18 weeks, which means the vast risk premium that built up around this year's conflict has fully bled away, back to pre-war levels. The interesting part is not the round…

AUD/USD Price Forecast: Bearish bias persists below 0.7000

The Australian Dollar (AUD) trades on the front foot against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday as a weaker-than-expected US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report pushed back expectations of an imminent Federal Reserve (Fed) inter…

Australian Dollar rises as weak US NFP weighs on the US Dollar

The AUD/USD pair climbed near the 0.6930 area on Thursday as the US Dollar (USD) came under pressure following softer-than-expected United States (US) labor market data. The pair advanced as investors trimmed expectatio…

Forex Today: US Dollar weakens after softer US jobs data

The US Dollar Index (DXY) came under pressure near the 100.90 level after the latest United States (US) employment report showed a clear slowdown in hiring. Nonfarm Payrolls rose by only 57,000 in June, while May’s gain…