VT Markets https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home US 52-week Treasury bill yield climbs to 3.75% as higher-for-longer rate bets build Bank Indonesia’s reserves slip to $144.9bn as rupiah weakness drives intervention Sterling edges higher on risk appetite as Makerfield by-election looms, GBP/USD targets 1.3475 Rabobank warns Canada’s technical recession, trade deficit and inflation squeeze complicate Bank of Canada policy Surging Equity Issuance Raises Fears of Late-Cycle Supply Shock as Buybacks Fade and Positioning Stretches USD/CNH Near Multi-year Low as China Trade Surplus Swells and US Dollar Softens South Korea steps up won support as pension hedging expands amid persistent foreign equity outflows US wholesale inventories beat forecasts as stock build fuels slowdown fears, boosting dovish Fed bets US existing home sales beat forecasts, reinforcing higher-for-longer Fed stance and boosting dollar outlook US Existing Home Sales Jump 3.2% in May, Bolstering Higher-for-Longer Fed Rate Expectations Sterling climbs versus yen as BoJ tapering pause talk hits Japanese yields, boosts risk appetite USD/CAD Hovers Near Year-to-Date Highs as Markets Await Bank of Canada Decision Euro Drifts Lower on Dollar Strength as Hawkish ECB Limits Downside; Canada Sees 1.19 Year-End Nikkei Flags BoJ 25bp Rate Rise, Possible 2027 JGB Taper Pause to Steady Yen China’s AI-led export surge widens trade surplus as policymakers curb yuan appreciation Redbook Retail Growth Edges Higher, Fueling Hawkish Fed Bets and Shifting Market Positioning Bank Indonesia surprise rate rise reins in USD/IDR after record 18,190 high RBC’s Fan argues per-capita GDP shows Canada’s recovery despite weaker headline growth US goods trade deficit widens in April, fuelling dollar pressure and hedging demand across markets Canada Imports Rise to $72.44bn in April, Bolstering Hawkish Bank of Canada Outlook US trade deficit narrows to $55.9bn, underpinning dollar strength and hedging stance on equities BNP Paribas Sees Europe Re-rated as Safe Haven, Boosting Euro Appeal in Market Turbulence US private hiring slows late May, Dollar Index dips below 100 as traders weigh Fed outlook Dollar Rally Stalls Near 100 as CPI and FOMC Reprice Fed Rate Outlook S&P 500 Pullback Tests Key Support as Volatility Rises, Bull Market Thesis Holds Mexico core inflation undershoots in May, bolstering Banxico cut bets and weighing on peso carry trades Mexico inflation surprises with May deflation, fuelling Banxico cut bets and peso volatility trades Canadian dollar lags reserve peers as yield gap and gold slump keep USD/CAD near 1.39 Gold stuck near two-and-a-half-month lows as Treasury yields bite ahead of US CPI Hungary May CPI Miss Rekindles NBH Cut Bets as Forint Holds Steady Around EUR/HUF Levels Euro drifts lower versus sterling as EUR/GBP tests 0.8630 support ahead of ECB decision Poland tops central bank gold buying as Fed rate bets pressure bullion prices E-mini S&P 500 eyes consolidation as Nasdaq futures hold support and probe 30,000 resistance Spain’s Nine-Month Bill Yield Edges Up as ECB Hawkishness Keeps Eurozone Rates Elevated US stocks steady as chipmakers rebound, while Fed uncertainty and mega-cap weakness keep caution high USD/CAD eases from two-month high as ceasefire hopes temper dollar demand ahead of CPI and BoC EUR/CHF Rebounds to 0.92 as ECB Hike Bets Build and SNB Intervention Looms USD/JPY Nears Multi-Decade Highs as Japan’s Record Current Account Surplus Fails to Lift Yen Gold holds near three-month low as Fed hike bets cap gains despite Middle East ceasefire talks Oil Holds Steady as Israel-Iran Tensions Simmer and Red Sea Shipping Risks Persist Global equities diverge as AI-led tech climbs, oil rises and OpenAI IPO stirs volatility Gold slips below 200-day average as hawkish Fed repricing, oil inflation fears and EM duties weigh NZD/USD Rises Towards 0.5830 as China Trade Beats and Softer Dollar Offset Fed Concerns Sterling Slips as UK Political Uncertainty and Stalling Growth Test BoE Tightening Expectations Asian currencies steady as US inflation data and less dovish Fed outlook keep dollar supported German industrial output decline eases in April, bolstering DAX and euro recovery bets Germany Import Growth Slows in April, Raising Dovish ECB Bets and Hedging Demand EUR/USD capped near 1.0850 as ECB-Fed policy split and US CPI loom USD/JPY Holds Above 160 as Truce Weakens Dollar and Japan Intervention Talk Caps Gains