VT Markets https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Japan CPI quickens to 1.7% as markets weigh Bank of Japan normalisation risks USD/CHF hits June 2025 high as oil shock lifts dollar, bolsters Fed tightening bets Burnham’s Fiscal Tightrope Leaves Sterling Soft as Gilt Moves Precede October Budget Sterling Extends Six-Day Slide as Oil-Driven Dollar Strength Pressures GBP/USD Near 1.3300 EUR/JPY heads for strong weekly gain as ECB September hike talk offsets yen intervention fears NZD/USD Pressures 0.5770 Support as US Dollar Gains on Firm Jobless Claims, Safe-Haven Demand GBP/JPY Holds 218.00 Floor as Yen Intervention Talk Caps Upside Near 219.00 USD/SGD Holds Range as Flat Momentum Keeps Focus on 1.2900–1.2925 Band Dollar gains on record-low jobless claims as Middle East tensions lift oil, pressuring euro and sterling Bank Indonesia holds at 5.75%, leans on capital-flow incentives to support rupiah AUD/USD slips towards 0.6970 as strong US jobless claims and Iran tensions lift dollar BNY’s Yu Says $95 Oil May Strain Asian Importers but Buffers Limit Crisis Risk Dollar Index Breakout Targets 101.57 as Platinum and Palladium Falter at Key Resistance Levels AUD/USD slides as safe-haven dollar demand offsets strong Australian jobs; markets price September Fed hike Canadian dollar tracks US tone as USD/CAD steadies near 1.40, range trading favoured Gold falls below $4,050 as firmer dollar, higher oil and Fed hike bets weigh Dow slides 600 points as Middle East tensions and surging oil sharpen Fed hike bets Chinese banks curb retail paper gold trading, raising questions over price discovery and physical premiums EUR/USD slides as Middle East tensions lift oil, boost hawkish Fed bets and dollar demand Sterling Slides as Middle East Tensions Fuel Dollar Demand, Soft UK Inflation Weighs on GBP/USD Rising term premium drives Treasury sell-off, challenging Fed control and reshaping hedging and reserve strategy Gold slips from weekly peak as stronger dollar and Middle East tensions raise $4,000 test risk Sterling slips as Middle East tensions lift dollar demand and revive Federal Reserve rate-hike bets Russia Raises $5.6bn as Gold Sales Cut Reserves to Lowest Since February 2020 Oil tops $100 as Middle East tensions lift volatility, yields rise and equities extend losses Oil surges as WTI tops $91 and Brent nears $95 amid tightening supply fears USD/JPY holds near 163.95 as US jobless claims sink; focus shifts to Japan CPI and hedges Kansas Fed factory index slips in July, signalling softer momentum and potential easing in rate expectations ECB Holds Rates at 2.25% as Lagarde Keeps Options Open Ahead of September Hike Expectations Markets brace for BEA’s US core PCE methodology revision, with limited impact on inflation trend WTI tops $90 as Hormuz tension lifts supply fears and options traders turn to spreads TD Securities sees oil-driven July Fed hike pricing as overstated, backs receiving July OIS EUR/GBP Slips as ECB Holds Rates, Markets Price September Hike Amid Energy and UK Uncertainty Commerzbank Sees Banxico Rate-Hike Bets Unwinding as Softer US Dollar Pulls USD/MXN Lower Lagarde Signals Unanimous ECB Hold as July Hike Talk Raises Data-Driven Volatility Risks Lagarde Says ECB Holds Rates as Energy and Climate Risks Keep Inflation Bias to Upside Lagarde Holds ECB Rates as Energy Inflation Persists, Euro Seen Firmer and AI Boosts Services Yen hovers near record lows as USD/JPY tops 163 on energy shock and yield divergence Oil hits six-week high on Middle East tensions, pressuring US equities and Bitcoin Brent Surges Towards $100 as Red Sea Attacks Stoke Supply Fears and Push Global Yields Higher USD/CAD rebounds as Fed hike bets lift dollar, despite strong Canadian retail sales and rising oil prices Canada EI beneficiaries flat in May, fuelling dovish Bank of Canada bets and CAD downside Euro slips as ECB holds rates and Middle East tensions lift dollar, oil and Fed hike bets US jobless claims hit 1969 low as dollar firms and rate-cut expectations recede Australian dollar’s rally cools as markets await CPI and RBA signals, AUD/USD seen near 0.70 Commerzbank Sees Yen Recovering as Fed Cuts Loom, Targeting USD/JPY 145 and EUR/JPY 175 Mexico’s Early-July Inflation Misses Forecast, Stoking Banxico Rate-Cut Bets and Peso Watch Mexico core inflation meets forecasts, reinforcing Banxico rate-cut path and shaping swaps, bonds and peso options Gold slips as stronger dollar offsets geopolitical haven bid; oil rallies on Strait disruption fears