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United Kingdom BRC Shop Price Index (YoY) below forecasts (1.2%) in July: Actual (0.9%)
United Kingdom BRC Shop Price Index (YoY) below forecasts (1.2%) in July: Actual (0.9%)
Australian Dollar gains ahead of RBA Governor Bullock’s speech
AUD/USD inches higher after recovering its daily losses, trading around 0.6990 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. Traders are keeping a close watch on scheduled remarks from Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock later in the day.
WTI consolidates near one-week low, around $81.00 as traders eye US–Iran talks
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – is seen consolidating the previous day's heavy losses and trading around the $81.00 mark, just above a one-week high set during the Asian session on Tuesday.
British Pound softens as Fed rate uncertainty supports US Dollar
GBP/USD edges lower after opening at a bullish gap, remaining within positive territory and trading around 1.3290 during the Asian hours on Tuesday.
Euro hangs near monthly low, holds above 1.1350 as USD bulls pause ahead of FOMC meeting
The EUR/USD pair is seen consolidating near the monthly trough and trading just above mid-1.1300s during the Asian session on Tuesday. Traders seem hesitant and await the outcome of a two-day FOMC policy meeting before placing aggressive directional bets.
PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate at 6.7928 vs. 6.7911 previous
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) sets the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead on Tuesday at 6.7928 compared to the previous day's fix of 6.7911.
Gold declines despite easing concerns over inflation, interest rate hikes
Gold price (XAU/USD) loses ground after registering gains in the previous day, trading around $4,050 per troy ounce during the Asian hours on Tuesday.
Crude Oil buys its fourth peace of the year while the tankers stay parked
WTI Crude Oil trades just above $81.00 on Monday, down close to 9% from Friday's close near $89.00, having gapped more than $5.00 lower at the open and spent the session extending rather than repairing it.
Tokyo can still afford to defend the Japanese Yen, just not for very long
The Japanese Yen trades a little firmer on Monday, with USD/JPY down 0.05% and sitting short of 164.00 after last week's high stalled a hundredth of a Yen beneath the figure.
The Australian Dollar stops trading commodities and starts trading one number
The Australian Dollar trades just beneath 0.7000 on Monday, up around 0.1%, having covered less than 30 pips between its session high and its session low. For the better part of a fortnight the market has tried to make something of the 0.7000 area and given up each time.
Britain's best data week of the summer sends British Pound Sterling to a four-week low
British Pound Sterling trades beneath 1.3300 against the Dollar on Monday, roughly 0.3% lower on the day and back at ground it last held in the opening days of July. It gets there at the end of the strongest run of British data since the spring, which is the part worth sitting with.
Singapore Dollar: MAS tightening underpins Singapore Dollar – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes that USD/SGD is consolidating around 1.2900 after pulling back from near 1.3000, as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unexpectedly tightened policy for a second consecutive meeting.
Trump urges Fed rate cuts as Gulf War ends, seen lowering prices
On Monday, late in the North American session, US President Donald Trump stated that there was a good inflation report recently, adding that costs were falling rapidly and that prices should drop significantly once the Gulf War ends.