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With yields, the USD, and the oil price dribbling back a little it was a promising day for regional equities and also ‘risk’ FX. AUD and NZD rallied, as did GBP and EUR. USD/CAD traed up to 1.3505 before dropping back to where it began the…

News and data flow was very light indeed during the session here. As I am writing the news is crossing that US Senate Republican and Democrat negotiators are nearing a deal on a short-term spending measure intended to keep the government…

(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks traded in tight ranges Monday and oil rose, while Treasury yields inched higher as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s higher-for-longer stance.Most Read from BloombergEquity benchmarks in Japan opened flat…

The NZD and the AUD are ending the day as the strongest of the major currencies. The JPY is the weakest. The latest central bank decision came before the US open, when the Bank of Japan in The rates unchanged but did say that they would…

Headlines:Markets:NZD leads, GBP lags on the dayEuropean equities higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.2%US 10-year yields down 2.2 bps to 4.344%Gold flat at $1,930.84WTI crude down 0.6% to $89.93Bitcoin down 0.3% to $27,089With the Fed in…

Asian FX markets once again traded in limited ranges awaiting the outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, 20 September 2023. News and data flow was very light. On the central bank front we had the…

(Bloomberg) -- Asian equities retreated following tech-led declines on Wall Street as investors looked ahead to a week that includes Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan meetings.Most Read from BloombergShares fell in Hong Kong, Australia and…

The EUR is ending the day as the strongest of the major currencies. The USD is also mostly higher with gains vs all the major currencies with the exception of the EUR. The JPY and the NZD were the weakest of the majors. The strongest to the…

Ueda drove USD/JPY to its biggest daily loss here in 2 months:Other: Bank of Japan Governor Ueda gave an interview with Yomiuri last week. The media group published comments from the interview over the weekend. In a nutshell, Ueda said that…

Headlines:Markets:NZD leads, JPY lags on the dayEuropean equities lower; S&P 500 futures down 0.2%US 10-year yields down 1 bps to 4.252%Gold up 0.2% to $1,923.44WTI crude up 0.7% to $87.48Bitcoin down 0.6% to $25,840It was a quieter…