USD/JPY: Is the Tide Finally Turning for the Yen?
For most of this year, every decent yen rally has arrived with the same question hanging over it: where is the Ministry of Finance?
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Breaking: US Nonfarm Payrolls rise by 162K in August vs. 56K forecast
Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) in the United States (US) rose by 162K in August, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. This print followed July's increase of 21K and surpassed the market expectation of 56K…
Read more →FX Outlook: 50/50 Fed Call Keeps Risk Assets in Demand
Sam Azzarello: What's next for markets and the global economy after a year defined by escalating tariffs, persistent geopolitical tensions, and the rise of artificial intelligence across industries?
Read more →Oil investors need democratic Venezuela for stability, opposition leader says
On January 3, 2026, the United States launched a special operation to exfiltrate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from Caracas. Below, Brookings experts consider the immediate implications of this operat…
Read more →Indonesian Rupiah declines as US Dollar gains despite easing Fed rate hike odds
USD/IDR gains ground after two days of losses, trading around 17,670 during the Asian hours on Friday. The currency pair is pushing higher as the US Dollar (USD) holds onto its recent gains after rebounding from intrada…
Read more →British Pound strengthens above 1.3500 as BoE stays hawkish, traders brace for US NFP data
The GBP/USD pair edges higher to around 1.3530 during the early European trading hours on Friday. Hawkish rhetoric from a Bank of England (BoE) policymaker provides some support to the British Pound (GBP) against the US…
Read more →Indian Rupee trades close to two-month low ahead of US NFP data
The Indian Rupee (INR) opens on a flat note against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, but is close to its two-month high of 94.29 posted the previous day. The Indian currency strengthens due to strong inflows of foreign fu…
Read more →Japanese Yen retreats from August highs as USD bears turn cautious ahead of US NFP
The USD/JPY pair stages a modest intraday recovery from the vicinity of the August monthly low and climbs back to the 156.50 area during the Asian session on Friday. Spot prices, for now, seem to have snapped a two-day …
Read more →Swiss Franc weakens ahead of Unemployment Rate data
USD/CHF gains ground after registering losses in the previous day, trading around 0.8080 during Asian hours on Friday. The pair appreciates as the US Dollar (USD) holds gains after recovering daily losses; however, the …
Read more →WTI Price Forecast: Bulls await acceptance above $90.00 and 61.8% Fibo. amid Iran risks
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – trades below the $90.00 mark during the Asian session on Friday and remains close to its highest level since July 24, touched earlier this week. The com…
Read more →AUD/JPY Price Forecast: Rebounds above 112.50, while staying constrained below 100-day SMA
The AUD/JPY cross trades in positive territory near 112.80 during the early European trading hours on Friday. However, the potential upside for the cross might be limited as traders ramped up bets on a Bank of Japan (Bo…
Read more →Gold bulls seem hesitant below $4,500 amid modest USD bounce ahead of US NFP
Gold (XAU/USD) remains on the defensive below the $4,500 mark through the Asian session on Friday, snapping a two-day winning streak amid a modest US Dollar (USD) uptick. The commodity, however, remains close to the wee…
Read more →GBP/JPY Price Forecast: Intervention shock exposes 210.00
The GBP/JPY tanks amid speculation of intervention by Japanese authorities in the FX markets, driven by a rate check by Tokyo. The cross-pair drops more than 300 pips, trades at 210.92, down by more than 1.40%.
Read more →The Australian Dollar thanks Waller's comments, which sink the USD
The Australian Dollar rises against the US Dollar on Thursday as Fed Governor Waller turns moderately dovish ahead of the September meeting, even as Oil prices rise due to a resumption of hostilities in the Middle East.…
Read more →New Zealand's Kiwi gets most of Wednesday back without earning it
The New Zealand Dollar trades just under 0.5900 into the New York afternoon, up roughly half a percent, after a session that retraced most of Wednesday's decision-day slide without a single New Zealand input. NZD/USD cl…
Read more →Chinese Yuan: Underheld positions unwind with reflation risks – BNY
Geoff Yu at BNY highlights CNY as the main outlier in the U.S. trade-weighted basket, showing behavior opposite to other key currencies. CNY failed to react positively to July–August Fed and Treasury decisions, with wea…
Read more →The Japanese Yen finally rallies on something Tokyo did not pay for
The Yen has produced in two sessions what the largest intervention on record could not, and it did so without a single reported purchase. USD/JPY trades just under 156.00 after a session that ran from a high just under …
Read more →Banxico’s Heath says rate cuts can wait as core inflation persists
The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) Deputy Governor Jonathan Heath said that the central bank can wait to reduce interest rates, signaling that further easing is possible but in about a year or more, as he qualified the curren…
Read more →Mexican Peso rescued by Waller’s dovish tilt, appreciates ahead of NFP
The Mexican Peso appreciates against the US Dollar on Thursday, with the latter weakening amid a dovish tilt by Fed Governor Waller and speculation about an FX market intervention to boost the Japanese Yen. The USD/MXN …
Read more →Singapore: PMI points to transitory weakness – UOB
UOB economist Jester Koh highlights that Singapore’s electronics PMI rose in August, with broad-based gains in new export orders, output and backlogs. Koh argues recent softness in electronics NODX and IP likely reflect…
Read more →USD/JPY Falls as JGB Yields Rewrite the Yen’s Long-Term Case
Last chance to short $OSE:NK2251! OSE:NK2251! formed top 73000 at 23 June, move downward and formed wave 1 & 2. The key point to confirm downtrend is 66500. If drop below, the 1st target is 63000 (wave 3) and rebound to…
Read more →BoE’s Pill backs rate hike to 4% to limit inflation catch-up effects
Bank of England (BoE) Chief Economist Huw Pill reiterated his support for raising the Bank Rate to 4.00%, arguing that policymakers cannot wait for uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict and energy prices to r…
Read more →British Pound rises as Fed’s Waller tempers Fed hike bets before NFP
The Pound Sterling rises against the US Dollar on Thursday, as Fed Governor Christopher Waller favors holding the rate unchanged, shifting to a more neutral stance regarding monetary policy, while data showed that the U…
Read more →Canadian Dollar extends gains on hawkish BoC message, softer US Dollar
USD/CAD extends its decline for the second consecutive day on Thursday as broad US Dollar (USD) weakness and the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) hawkish message at its September policy meeting support the Canadian Dollar (CAD). …
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