In an exclusive interview with Reuters, former Bank of Japan chief, Haruhiko Kuroda expressed concerns about potential inflationary upswing coming from Takaichi’s big spending plans and a weak yen. Kuroda is famous for leading the BoJ during the Abenomics era. He launched a massive monetary stimulus in 2013 in an attempt to bring Japan out […]
Dollar fell broadly again today, pressured by renewed risk appetite as global equities pushed higher. The greenback struggled to attract safe-haven demand despite lingering geopolitical and trade uncertainties, with investors favoring higher-beta currencies instead. Asian markets set the tone. Both Nikkei 225 and KOSPI hit fresh record highs, tracking the tech-driven rebound in the US
Business sentiment in South Korea decreased slightly in February, while the outlook brightened further, the latest survey from the Bank of Korea showed on Wednesday. The Business Survey Index on business conditions in the manufacturing sector dropped to 72 in February from 73 in January. The expected score was 75. Manufacturers reported a decline in production levels
The Australian Dollar (AUD) outperforms its major currency peers, trades 0.7% higher above 0.7100 during the late Asian trading session on Wednesday. The antipodean strengthens on the expectation that higher-than-expected growth in the Australian Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for January would prompt hawkish Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) bets. Australian Dollar Price Today The
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The PBOC allows the yuan to fluctuate within a +/- 2% range, around this reference rate. PBOC injects 409.5bn yuan via 7-day reverse repos at 1.4% in open market operations today. more to come This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com. Source link
2026.02.24 2026.02.25 Weekly Economic Calendar for 02.03.2026–08.03.2026 Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ Geopolitical tensions, moves by the US administration, Trump’s erratic rhetoric, conflicting macro data, and a steady stream of headlines, especially around the Fed, continue to shake the markets. In this environment, only one trend has remained consistent so far: the ongoing decline in cryptocurrencies. Unlike gold,
Consumer prices in Australia were up a seasonally adjusted 3.8 percent on year in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday – unchanged from the December reading following an upward revision from 3.6 percent. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, inflation rose 0.5 percent. The largest contributors to annual inflation were housing (+6.8
The EUR/USD pair edges lower to around 1.1775 during the early Asian session on Wednesday, pressured by a renewed US Dollar (USD) demand. Traders await the US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address later on Wednesday for clarity on fiscal policies. Hawkish remarks from the Federal Reserve (Fed) officials provide some support to the Greenback
This article is a follow up from the previous article on the Australian Dollar titled Aussie Dollar fatigue? Technical signs hint at an AUD/USD pullback AUD/USD experienced a tug-of-war session on Tuesday as market participants navigated a complex landscape of hawkish domestic policy expectations and rising global trade uncertainty. The AUD/USD pair hovered around the
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USD/CAD momentarily touched the highest level since January 26 today before fading back to unchanged on the day. The pair has been climbing for the past two weeks as the US dollar recovers. This is an interesting level for the pair as it tests resistance from the Feb 5 high of 1.3724. Some things to
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CME outage exposed FX market’s futures dependency, says SNB – FX Markets Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Study finds EUR/USD spreads widened eightfold as non-bank PTFs blew out by nearly 30 times in November halt The November 28 failure of a Chicago data centre that knocked out CME Group’s foreign exchange
Standard Chartered economist Dan Pan argues that Brazil stands out as a major beneficiary of the US Supreme Court ruling against President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs, with effective tariffs likely to fall sharply. The bank expects Brazilian exports to the US to recover in coming months, but warns that US tariff activism and BRICS politics will
2026.02.24 2026.02.24 What Is Forex Scalping: Strategies and the Best Indicators Oleg Tkachenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/oleg-tkachenko/ Forex scalping strategies are quite popular with beginner day traders. High-frequency trading (holding a position for a very short time and closing it for a small profit) allows taking quick real-time profits and avoiding swaps. Training on Forex scalping on a demo-account
