The Canadian dollar experienced mixed performance on Thursday due to mixed US data. Canada is absent from the economic calendar until Friday’s GDP update for April, leaving CAD traders to shuffle. However, Friday’s US PCE Price Index inflation is set to eclipse Canadian GDP figures entirely, as a key reading …

Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic expects to begin lowering interest rates later in 2024, stating that inflation doesn’t have to fall all the way to 2% for him to favor a cut. Bostic is currently monitoring progress toward the annual target of lowering interest rates, and sees plausible scenarios in …

Walgreens reported fiscal earnings that fell short of expectations and slashed its full-year adjusted profit outlook due to a “challenging” environment for pharmacies and US consumers. The company topped revenue estimates for the quarter on strong performance in its health-care segment, as the results come as Walgreens works to slash …

The Yen’s decline continues, as the GBP/JPY pair rises to all-time highs. Japanese policymakers issue more pointed warnings in response to the collapsing JPY. Given the continued huge rate differential, market flows are unlikely to change. Wednesday saw the GBP/JPY pair achieve a record 16-year high, the fourth day in …

The biggest US banks have enough capital to survive an economic disaster, according to the Fed’s annual bank stress test, but their position is weaker than it was a year ago. The purpose of the tests, which gained additional significance following the failure of three US banks last year, was …

Japanese Yen nosedives after Kanda’s bleak response. Masato Kanda, the Japanese Ministry of Finance’s Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, stated at 13:15 GMT that the government is closely monitoring the foreign exchange markets and will take necessary action as necessary.Earlier during the US trading session, the Japanese Yen …

The US Dollar extended recovery to Wednesday, reaching 106.00, its highest level since early May. Rising US Treasury yields lent support to the US currency. Week’s highlight remains June’s PCE inflation data due on Friday.Wednesday’s session witnessed the US Dollar, as represented by the Dollar Index (DXY), climb to 106.00, …

After battling at 1.2700, the GBP/USD pair drops as a result of the strong US dollar and poor US housing data. The technical picture is gloomy, with a “evening star” pattern and an RSI pointing to more decline. The 50-DMA at 1.2636, the 200-DMA at 1.2555, and the 1.2600 are …

A report, by Credit Agricole Bank, contains expectations for the price movement of the Australian dollar in light of the monetary policy rhetoric that has been adopted by the interest rate statement by RBA and the statements of the central bank’s Chair following the announcement of keeping rates unchanged last …

Along with a respectable increase in US rates, the US dollar recovered some of the ground it had lost during Monday’s dismal session, and investors’ forecasts of a September and December rate drop remained unchanged. A modest increase in US rates helped the USD Index (DXY) overcome its Monday decline …