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Headlines:Markets:AUD leads, JPY lags on the dayEuropean equities higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.5%US 10-year yields down 0.4 bps to 4.003%Gold up 0.3% to $1,921.01WTI crude down 0.5% to $84.00Bitcoin flat at $29,481It was once again another quiet session in Europe,...

Essentially, not much has changed since the FOMC meeting last month. The Friday jobs report last week has only served to validate prevailing market sentiment and traders didn't see much need to budge from the pricing after the Fed.Considering that inflation data is...

Here's a snapshot of things so far today:Eurostoxx +0.8%Germany DAX +0.4%France CAC 40 +0.8%UK FTSE -0.1%S&P 500 futures +0.6%Nasdaq futures +0.7%Dow futures +0.5%It's a solid rebound after dip buyers were dealt a blow late yesterday in US trading. The question...

And as the Fed prepares to move to the sidelines, this question now involves how markets view the central bank outlook and if rates are sufficiently restrictive enough to bring inflation back towards the 2% target.For the time being, traders are not pricing in any...

Prior +6.4%HICP +6.3% vs +6.4% y/y prelimPrior +6.7%Just a slight change to the initial estimates but Italian inflation is seen cooling a little more going into the summer. That's some relative comfort for the ECB but these figures are still way too high.MoneyMaker FX...

The quieter tones from earlier are starting to break a little, with the dollar now slipping against the major currencies bloc. EUR/USD is up 0.3% to 1.1010 though there are large option expiries likely to keep the pair in check for now. GBP/USD is also up 0.2% to...

Eurostoxx +0.7%Germany DAX +0.4%France CAC 40 +0.9%UK FTSE +0.1%Spain IBEX +0.7%This mirrors the slight rebound in US futures after the losses in Wall Street yesterday. S&P 500 futures are up 0.5%, Nasdaq futures up 0.6%, and Dow futures up 0.4% at the moment. The...

Major currencies are still not showing much appetite outside of the Japanese yen so far this week. The yen currency has fallen in each of the last three days, with USD/JPY rising from below 142.00 to now hit the 144.00 mark - its highest level in a month.In the...

The US CPI is less than 9 hours away. That is the key economic event for the day and for the week. The Asian Pacific session started off the day as if it was just "buying time" until the "Big Event". Looking at the major currency pairs vs the USD, the EURUSD had a...

At his press conference last month, Powell highlighted four key economic data reports and today we'll be getting to the second one. And this is perhaps arguably the most important one considering that next month's consumer inflation report will come at a time when we...

USDJPY is banging against August highThe USDJPY is pushing against the high price from last week at 143.88. That is also the highest level since July 7. A break above would open the door for a run toward 144.00. Above that traders will start to look toward a swing...

Hong Kong sent saying an index is expected open down -0.6% at 19,125 points.Looking at some of the other indices:China's Shanghai index is expected open down -0.1% at 3242.21Japan's Nikkei 225 is trading up 0.14%Australia's ASX200 is trading down -0.07%The US E-mini...

Yesterday the midpoint was expected at 7.2198 per dollar. The actual was a lot lower at 7.1588. People's Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT.The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint...