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European Central Bank: Rate hike risk returns with Oil – ING

ING’s Carsten Brzeski argues that the European Central Bank is likely to keep rates unchanged next week but a surprise hike cannot be ruled out. He notes that renewed Middle East tensions and rising Oil prices have rest…

British Pound: BoE hikes not seen bullish – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad highlights that United Kingdom (UK) May Gross Domestic Product (GDP) slightly beat expectations, driven by services, but underlying details disappointed as production and con…

British Pound: Fiscal tightrope shapes outlook – OCBC

OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong highlight that hopes of a fiscally conservative Chancellor under incoming United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Burnham have supported the British Pound (GBP) and gilts. …

European Central Bank: Hawkish hold bias – Rabobank

Rabobank’s Bas van Geffen expects the ECB to keep the deposit rate at 2.25% in July, judging a hike as a tail risk that would require a much stronger energy shock. The re-escalation of the Iran war shifts risks toward h…

Eurozone: Energy shock risks for inflation – Rabobank

Rabobank’s Bas van Geffen says renewed US-Iran hostilities have shifted Eurozone inflation risks upward. June’s softer-than-expected flash estimate may buy the ECB time in July, but the earlier decline in energy prices …

Canadian Dollar: BoC hold and guidance shift – TD Securities

TD Securities notes the Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its policy rate at 2.25% and softened guidance by removing references to both rate-cut risks and consecutive hikes. Markets interpreted the statement as mildly dovish, b…

DoorDash to let AI agents place real food orders

The CEO of fintech Klarna said the rise of agentic shopping won’t destroy brand loyalty, an outcome feared by e-commerce players who worry that it will be harder to woo bots than the humans whose errands they are runn…

US Dollar Index: Decline seen overdone – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes the US Dollar (USD) has steadied near a one‑month low after softer United States (US) Producer Price Index (PPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) data weighed on Fed fund…

United States Retail Sales rise 0.2% in June to $768.6 billion

Retail Sales in the United States (US) rose by 0.2% on a monthly basis in June to $768.6 billion, the US Census Bureau reported on Thursday. This print followed the 1% increase recorded in May and came in line with the …