Thursday, 23 July 2026
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Commerzbank’s Bernd Weidensteiner highlights that US nonfarm payrolls rose only 57,000 in June, far below consensus, with prior months revised down by 74,000. Monthly job growth has been slowing and the six-month averag…
Rabobank strategist Michael Every highlights how Fed Chair Warsh and other major central bankers at Sintra are signalling a structural shift away from traditional forward guidance towards data-driven “framework guidance…
ING strategists Benjamin Schroeder and Michiel Tukker discuss how a potential increase in the Minimum Reserve Requirement (MRR) by the ECB could tighten Eurozone liquidity and reduce ECB losses. They highlight uneven di…
Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Catherine Mann said on Thursday that an “activist move” may be needed if inflation expectations and outcomes move unfavorably, according to a speech text released by the BoE ahead of an…
Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the United States (US) rose by 57K in June, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Thursday. This print followed the 129K increase (revised from 172K) recorded in May and fell shor…
Commerzbank’s Dr. Ralph Solveen reviews Germany’s new reform package agreed by CDU/CSU and SPD, focusing on bureaucracy reduction, labor market changes, and modest tax adjustments. He highlights that the largest potenti…
USD/CHF weakens sharply on Thursday as the US Dollar (USD) comes under broad selling pressure following a weaker-than-expected US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report. At the time of writing, the pair is trading around 0.8029,…
The USD/CHF pair stumbles on Thursday, losing 0.34% during the North American session, as the Greenback’s six-day rally stalls amid falling US Treasury yields, despite a red-hot US Core PCE inflation reading. At the tim…
Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Thursday that inflation remains the central challenge for policymakers, warning that price pressure is still moving in the wrong direction despite …
Gold (XAU/USD) price recovers on Thursday, up by almost 1% as the Greenback drops despite inflation data suggesting that a ‘higher-for-longer' scenario favors the Federal Reserve (Fed) holding rates steady, despite US P…
The US Dollar Index (DXY) lost momentum on Thursday, retreating toward the 101.40 area after a fresh batch of United States (US) economic data showed sticky inflation, stronger growth, and a resilient labor market. Annu…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) printed a fresh intraday record near 52,650 on Thursday before easing back toward 52,200, and the temptation is to read that high as a broad vote of confidence. It was nothing of …
NZD/USD pauses a six-day losing streak on Thursday as the US Dollar (USD) eases following the latest US Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) data, which broadly matched market expectations. At the time of writing, th…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann keep a constructive view on USD/SGD after the pair briefly touched 1.2991 before closing near 1.2980. They expect any intraday pullback to stay within a tight …
TD Securities commodity strategists Ryan McKay and Bart Melek note that crude Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz are gradually normalizing, but around 10–11m b/d of Middle East production remains offline. With US in…
USD/JPY trades slightly lower on Thursday as the US Dollar (USD) eases after the latest US Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) data broadly matched market expectations. Still, the Japanese Yen (JPY) remains pinned n…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann highlight a sharp USD/CNH spike to 6.8195, now seen consolidating between 6.8030 and 6.8185 on an intraday basis after an overdone rise. On a 1–3 week horizon,…
MUFG highlights that strong earnings guidance from Micron Technology, a key AI memory supplier, has boosted sentiment in AI and tech stocks. Revenue guidance far exceeded expectations and new strategic agreements suppor…
Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of New York President John Williams said in a speech released by text on Thursday that monetary policy remains “well positioned” for the current economy, while warning that inflation may take …
TD Securities strategists note the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) June Summary of Deliberations maintained its recent balancing act between higher Oil price spillover risks and domestic softness. Policymakers downplayed the Q1 …
USD/CAD trades around 1.4205 on Thursday at the time of writing, down 0.21% on the day after recently reaching its highest level in 14 months. The pair is correcting lower as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) benefits from a mo…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Oil edges higher on Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak as short covering lifts prices following the recent selloff to a more than three-month low. At the time of writing, WT…
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report USD/JPY is steady ahead of Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI), where consensus expects a pickup in both headline and core inflation into the mid-to-upper 1% ran…
The USD/JPY pair trades within the historical intervention zone at 161.80 on Thursday, holding near multi-decade highs as the Japanese Yen remains slightly under pressure amid wide United States-Japan yield differential…