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Banks
USD/JPY: Choppy but elevated path into 2H26 – HSBC
HSBC notes how Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s supermajority reshapes Japan’s policy backdrop and implications for the Japanese Yen and USD/JPY.…
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Banks
US: Spending resilience supports Dollar – UBS
UBS economist Paul Donovan expects US December retail sales to highlight resilient consumer spending, noting that the roughly 0.8% GDP cost of…
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Forex
EUR/GBP Price Forecast: Hovering below resistances at 0.8720 and 0.8745
EUR/GBP appreciates for the second consecutive day and returns above 0.8700. The UK Government’s crisis keeps the Pound on the…
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Banks
GBP/USD: Bulls need close above 1.3730 – UOB
UOB analysts Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that GBP/USD’s latest surge has stretched short-term momentum, but there…
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Forex
Japanese Yen stands near one-week high vs. weaker USD
Japanese Yen remains on the front foot against a bearish USD for the second straight day. The removal of political…
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Banks
EUR/USD: ECB wary of strong euro focus – Commerzbank
Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister discusses Euro strength and its implications for EUR/USD and ECB policy. Pfister expects stronger ECB reactions only if Euro appreciation becomes…
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Metals
Gold sticks to modest losses; holds above $5,000
Gold struggles to build on its gains registered over the past two days amid mixed fundamental cues. The risk-on mood…
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Energies
WTI treads water above $64.00 due to ongoing geopolitical tensions
WTI prices are supported by persistent geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran. Crude upside may be capped as diplomatic…
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Forex
GBP/JPY struggles around mid-212.00s amid BoJ rate hike bets and UK political turmoil
GBP/JPY drifts lower for the second straight day, though it lacks follow-through selling. Intervention fears and BoJ rate hike bets…
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Forex
EUR/USD steadies at one-week highs ahead of key US data releases
EUR/USD holds gains at 1.1900 after bouncing up from last week’s lows at 1.1765. Concerns about the US labour market…
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