European equities finished mixed on the day, with gains in the broader continental indices offset by weakness in the U.K. market. The German DAX led the major indexes higher, rising 0.37%, while France’s CAC 40 added 0.44% as investors continued to digest the implications of the Federal Reserve’s more hawkish policy stance. The broader Euro […]
2026.06.18 2026.06.18 Pound Declines Amid Weakening UK Economy. Forecast as of 18.06.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ The weakness of the British economy and the reluctance of inflation to pick up allow the Bank of England to feel comfortable with current interest rates. The divergence in monetary policy with the Fed is supporting the GBP/USD bears. Let’s analyze
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Portugal’s producer price inflation accelerated further in May to the highest level in more than three years amid soaring energy costs, according to figures from Statistics Portugal released on Thursday. The producer price index climbed 5.1 percent yearly in May, faster than the 3.8 percent increase in April, which was the first rise in fifteen
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The European Union pioneered crypto regulation with its Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (Mica), but it has fallen behind the US in crypto derivatives, where new products and instruments are winning rapid adoption, according to market participants. The divergence is increasingly shaping where crypto derivatives liquidity forms – and on whose regulatory terms. “What we
Gold and Silver came under renewed pressure after the Federal Reserve delivered a more hawkish-than-expected set of projections, prompting investors to quickly price in another rate hike later this year. While the Fed left rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, the updated dot plot showed that policymakers have become increasingly concerned about inflation persistence. The median projection
The Netherlands’ unemployment held steady in May after falling to an 8-month low in April, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted ILO jobless rate stood at 3.9 percent in May, the same as in the previous month. In the corresponding month last year, the rate was 3.8 percent.
Bitcoin is trying to repair after its recent sharp pullback, but I am not treating this as a clean bullish reversal yet. The short-term bounce is constructive, especially after the recovery from the $59,100 area, but the key level I cannot ignore is $61,775. If Bitcoin loses that zone, the bullish repair case weakens quickly.
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Equities: The S&P 500 slumped 1.2% to settle at 7,420, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 dropped 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered a 507-point drop (1.0%) to finish at 51,498, reversing an intraday gain of 0.5% recorded earlier in the morning session. Small caps shared the pain, with the Russell 2000 closing down 0.7%.
USD/JPY surged to a fresh two-year high after the Federal Reserve delivered a significantly more hawkish message than markets had anticipated, reviving expectations that US interest rates could rise again before year-end. While the Fed left the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% as widely expected, the updated projections painted a much more inflation-focused picture.
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The jump in September hike probability from 30% to above 50% after the decision reflects the dot plot shift rather than any clarity from Warsh himself, which is precisely the problem for rates markets. Without a framework explaining how the committee reasons about inflation and growth, every data print becomes a binary event and volatility
A price increase on the iPhone, the world’s best-selling consumer electronics device, will draw immediate Washington scrutiny even though memory and storage carry a limited weighting in the CPI basket. Morgan Stanley’s estimate of a 15% price bump across smartphones and PCs this year adds a sticky, goods-driven inflation impulse that complicates the Fed’s already
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