The AUD/JPY cross trades in positive territory around 110.90 during the early European trading hours on Wednesday. However, the potential upside for the cross might be limited amid hawkish comments from Japanese authori…
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Wednesday that underlying inflation is almost at the 2% target, adding that financial conditions still accommodative.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is inching higher after posting modest gains in the previous day and trading near 101.80 during the Asian hours on…
USD/CHF gains ground after posting losses the previous day, trading around 0.8260 during Asian hours on Wednesday. The pair appreciates as the US Dollar (USD) receives support safe-haven demand amid rising oil prices he…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – attracts fresh buyers during the Asian session on Wednesday, though it struggles to capitalize on the momentum beyond the $99.00 mark. The commodity rem…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price appreciates after two days of losses, trading around $98.60 during Asian hours on Wednesday. Crude oil prices gained ground as traders assessed mixed reports regarding diplomatic …
Gold (XAU/USD) maintains an offered tone heading into the European session, trading near the weekly low it touched earlier this Wednesday, with bears still awaiting a sustained break and acceptance below $4,100 before p…
Silver (XAG/USD) slides below mid-$57.00s during the Asian session on Wednesday, retreating further from the weekly top, around the $58.60 area, touched the previous day. The white metal, however, remains confined in a …
Japanese Finance Minister (FM) Satsuki Katayama said on Wednesday that the government is coordinating closely with the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and there is no major divergence on inflation outlook and policy.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that indirect negotiations with the United States (US) are continuing through intermediary countries, including Pakistan and Qatar, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
The EUR/USD pair loses ground to near 1.1225 during the early Asian trading hours on Wednesday. The Euro (EUR) softens against the US Dollar (USD) as French protests and fiscal strains keep traders cautious. European Ce…
The United Kingdom (UK) headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed 3.5% over the year in September, compared to a rise of 3.1% in August, the data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Wednesda…
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said on Wednesday that he’s still finalizing forecasts and is uncertain about board decisions. Hauser added that the inflation outlook appears worse than for…
The AUD/USD pair trades with a positive bias for the fourth straight day, holding steady above the 0.7000 psychological mark during the Asian session on Wednesday and flirting with the monthly high it touched the previo…
Cheaper Crude Oil and a weaker Dollar elsewhere did little for the Yen on Tuesday, and USD/JPY ended about where it has ended most of October. It fell from about 158.50 to the session low and recovered about half of tha…
Commerzbank’s Charlie Lay and Dr. Henry Hao highlight Malaysia’s strong September trade data, with exports and imports far exceeding expectations and the trade surplus widening further. Combined with subdued CPI and cor…
Gold (XAU/USD) drifts lower on Tuesday even as US Treasury yields dive and the US Dollar weakens, with a light US economic docket mostly ignored by investors ahead of Federal Reserve’s (Fed) meeting next week. At the ti…
The US Dollar (USD) has further extended its corrective move on Tuesday, at some point easing to three-week lows, as investors continued to assess hopes of a potential US-Iran agreement, as per still-unconfirmed news.
Megan Greene, a member of the Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), said on Tuesday that she is concerned “over [the] BoE estimate of target-consistent pay growth,” and added that more wage disinflati…
Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) Claire Fan highlights that the Q3 Canadian Business Outlook Survey underscores a difficult growth-inflation trade-off for the Bank of Canada (BoC) ahead of its next decision. While firm cond…
MUFG’s Michael Wan reports Indonesia has pledged new equity-market reforms to restore investor confidence, including excluding tightly owned stocks from the Jakarta Composite Index and disclosing affiliations of 1%+ sha…
MUFG’s Michael Wan notes China’s Q3 GDP growth firmed to 4.5% year-on-year, slightly above consensus, with September industrial production accelerating and fixed asset investment contractions narrowing. He highlights th…
EUR/USD extends its intraday advance during American trading hours on Tuesday as Oil prices reverse sharply following reports of progress toward renewed US-Iran negotiations, pushing the US Dollar (USD) and US Treasury …
Societe Generale strategists highlight that United Kingdom (UK) unemployment has fallen to a 13‑month low and average earnings have ticked higher, reinforcing expectations for a Bank of England (BoE) rate hike to 4% in …