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Economy
US President Trump keeps Iran diplomacy alive after halting strikes
On Monday, US President Donald Trump grabbed the headlines as investors awaited monetary policy meetings by three of the eight major central banks, led by the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan.
RBA’s Bullock: Key question is whether tightening already delivered is enough to slow inflation
Speaking at the Anika Foundation Fundraising Lunch in Sydney on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock said that the “key question is whether tightening already delivered is enough to slow inf…
Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5bn to settle baby powder lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has offered to pay as much as $5.5bn (£4.14bn) to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits in the US alleging that its baby powder and other products containing talcum cause ovarian cancer.
British Pound softens as Fed rate uncertainty supports US Dollar
GBP/USD edges lower after opening at a bullish gap, remaining within positive territory and trading around 1.3290 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The currency pair is under pressure as the US Dollar (USD) stabilizes,…
Singapore Dollar: Hawkish MAS supports SGD against US Dollar – MUFG
MUFG’s Lloyd Chan notes that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) delivered a second consecutive tightening by slightly increasing the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) slope, reinforcin…
Australian Dollar gains ahead of RBA Governor Bullock’s speech
AUD/USD inches higher after recovering its daily losses, trading around 0.6990 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. Traders are keeping a close watch on scheduled remarks from Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Mich…
Wall St futures slip as AI concerns weigh; investors await Fed, megacap earnings
July 27, 2026, 9:40 PM EDT. The U.S. dollar touched a one-month peak as investors weighed the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate hike, even as softer inflation worries followed lower oil prices. The dollar index moved…
Britain's best data week of the summer sends British Pound Sterling to a four-week low
British Pound Sterling trades beneath 1.3300 against the Dollar on Monday, roughly 0.3% lower on the day and back at ground it last held in the opening days of July. It gets there at the end of the strongest run of Brit…
The Australian Dollar stops trading commodities and starts trading one number
The Australian Dollar trades just beneath 0.7000 on Monday, up around 0.1%, having covered less than 30 pips between its session high and its session low. For the better part of a fortnight the market has tried to make …
Crude Oil buys its fourth peace of the year while the tankers stay parked
WTI Crude Oil trades just above $81.00 on Monday, down close to 9% from Friday's close near $89.00, having gapped more than $5.00 lower at the open and spent the session extending rather than repairing it. Brent broke b…
Trump urges Fed rate cuts as Gulf War ends, seen lowering prices
On Monday, late in the North American session, US President Donald Trump stated that there was a good inflation report recently, adding that costs were falling rapidly and that prices should drop significantly once the …
Small Business Forum’s Report to Congress Highlights Recommendations to Improve Capital-Raising Policy
On December 23, 2024, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 (FY 2025 NDAA) (P.L. 118-159) was signed into law. The final FY 2025 NDAA takes…
Indonesian Rupiah: Political risks temper valuation case – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports that the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) and Jakarta equities underperformed after Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo unexpectedly resigned two years before his term ends,…
LatAm FX: Carry appeal faces Fed test – BNY
Geoff Yu at BNY sees Latin American (LatAm) assets benefiting again from improved terms of trade for energy and soft commodity exporters, with strong real-rate anchors supporting currencies and duration. However, he war…
Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online
Hundreds of user conversations with Anthropic's popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude were found to have been available to essentially anyone using Google or other web browsers.
Cracker Barrel chief executive steps down a year after rebrand chaos
Cracker Barrel's chief executive is quitting a year after the company faced a widespread backlash over its controversial rebrand.
New Zealand Dollar holds after weak US durable goods data
NZD/USD trades near the 0.5790 area on Monday, struggling to extend its recovery despite modest weakness in the US Dollar (USD). The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) receives some support from the sharp decline in oil prices, a…
New technical education routes to be offered at 14 in England
Pupils will be able to study subjects like manufacturing and AI alongside core academic learning from age 14 under new government plans for education in England.
Chinese Yuan: Rangebound trade against US Dollar guided by PBoC fix – OCBC
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong expect USD/CNH to stay broadly rangebound near term, with the daily People's Bank of China (PBoC) fix clustered around 6.79 and acting as an anchor rather than a directional sig…
US Senate votes to advance Trump nominee Clayton to be top US spy
Jay Clayton, often in circuitous fashion, avoided saying Joe Biden won 2020 race against Donald Trump during his US Senate confirmation hearing.
Germany: Recovery potential versus energy drag – Commerzbank
Commerzbank’s Dr. Jörg Krämer argues that high energy prices will continue to weigh on the German economy in the second half of 2026, limiting full-year growth to 0.6%. He notes that the strong Ifo business climate read…
Forex Today: US Dollar softens as Oil plunges on Middle East pause
The US Dollar (USD) traded mostly unchanged on Monday as a temporary pause in hostilities between the United States and Iran reduces demand for safe-haven assets. The US Dollar Index (DXY) traded lower earlier in the se…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average buys a peace nobody has signed, and the chips take it back
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near 52,200, up around 250 points, on Monday after a session that handed it the month's cleanest bullish catalyst and then took most of it back. The peace bid carried the i…