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ECB’s Stournaras: Maybe good to stay where we are for some time. ECB’s Stournaras: I don't think anything will happen in July ECB’s Stournaras: We must monitor indirect effect of war on prices.

We maintain our view that second-round effects from the war in the Middle East are likely to push inflation higher for the remainder of the year, though those risks have also eased with the rapid drop in oil prices to levels not much higher than a year ago. June flash inflation: Inflation slowed to 2.8% y/y in June, down from 3.2% y/y in May. Bloomberg ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that upside risks to inflation and downside risks to growth in the euro area had become "more broadly balanced" in recent weeks. Speaking during a panel discussion at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, Lagarde said that "risks, [...] that we have to the upside on ...

New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday that the central bank would remain independent and seek to bring down inflation, likely foreclosing the rate cuts President Donald Trump has sought. In remarks at a central bank conference in Sintra, Portugal, Warsh said that if businesses or households thought the Fed would accept inflation above 2%, “I ...

USD/CHF technical analysis takes center stage as Michael Boutros, FOREX.com Senior Market Analyst, explains why the pair is testing a major multi-year resistance zone just ahead of key U.S. employment data. He outlines the critical technical levels, support and resistance zones, and why the Non-Farm Payrolls report could determine whether USD/CHF confirms a ...

US private employers brought on 98,000 jobs in June, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday, missing expectations. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted a gain of 120,000 positions, roughly on par with May's increase. About half of June's growth was concentrated in education and health services, according to ADP data, while the financial activities ...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in June for the sixth consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report. The report was issued today by Susan Spence, MBA, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. "The Manufacturing PMI® registered ...

WARSH: HAVE NOT CHANGED VIEW ON BALANCE SHEET IN FIRST FOUR WEEKS AT FED Fed's Warsh: It's no secret I wanted the Fed's balance sheet to be smaller. Fed's Warsh: Fed will remain independent after the Supreme Court.

The performance of the US manufacturing economy improved again in June, though the pace of growth eased to a three-month low. Both output and new orders rose at slower, but still historically elevated, rates. Growth was commonly linked to new product launches, alongside some reports of pre-orders placed to protect against rising prices. Higher raw material ...

FED'S WARSH: WILL LIKELY HAVE NEWS NEXT WEEK ON LEADERS OF TASK FORCES FED'S WARSH: WILL ASK BEST MINDS FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE U.S. Fed's Chair Warsh: The Fed stands for staying in its lane on monetary policy. Fed's Chair Warsh: Have been focused on monetary policy in the first four weeks. Fed's Chair Warsh on Productivity: If the last 4 quarters are an indication, there is reason to be optimistic. WARSH: FORWARD GUIDANCE NOT RIGHT POLICY FOR CURRENT MOMENT

BoE Gov. Bailey: Forward guidance becomes quite problematic after a while BoE Gov. Bailey: Want to take interest rate risk off the balance sheet of the central bank BoE Governor Bailey: sensible policy needed to align balance sheet with system demand

Fed's Chair Warsh: We're in the price stability business. FED'S WARSH: LABOR MARKETS ARE STEADY || SUPPLY SIDE SOLID FED'S WARSH: INFLATION RISKS HAVE COME DOWN FED'S WARSH: WE'LL BE AN INDEPENDENT CENTRAL BANK FED'S WARSH: NO CHANGES IN INDEPENDENCE Fed's Chair Warsh: If models are an obstacle to good policy, get rid of them.

LAGARDE: NOT IN STAGFLATION MORE ECB'S LAGARDE: CONDITIONS THAT LED TO STAGFLATION IN THE 1970'S ARE NOT IN PLACE NOW; EU UNEMPLOYMENT NEAR A RECORD LOW #ecb #europeancentralbank #monetarypolicy #christinelagarde #sintraconference #interestrates #inflation

Fed's Chair Warsh: Expanded supply would have huge implications for policy. Fed's Chair Warsh: The US not afraid of productivity-led economic growth. *WARSH: SERIOUS QUESTION OVER TIMING OF AI IMPACT ON JOBS WARSH SAYS HAVE TO DELIVER BOTH ON EMPLOYMENT AND STABLE PRICES

BANK OF CANADA'S MACKLEM SAYS INFLATION CLEARLY ABOVE TARGET BoC's Gov. Macklem: We are at the bottom end of the neutral range, about the right level to keep inflation contained BoC's Gov. Macklem: We've got to be humble amid uncertainty, if situation changes, we are prepared to take action. BoC's Gov. Macklem: Open question when AI-driven disinflation kicks in BoC's Gov. Macklem: We will keep inflation expectations well anchored.

BoE's Bailey: Decision not to raise rates was based on a softening economy BAILEY: RATE CUTS OFF THE TABLE AT THE MOMENT BoE Gov. Bailey: We have a delayed reaction mechanism to energy prices. BoE Gov. Bailey: Can argue policy has been tightened

Fed's Chair Warsh: Not going to give forward guidance Fed's Warsh: We'll chart a new course so we can make better decisions. Fed's Chair Warsh: Going to have a good family fight at July FOMC meeting. Fed's Chair Warsh: Monetary policy spills over between our economies WARSH: IT'S UP TO THE CENTRAL BANK TO DECIDE IF AI IS INFLATIONARY

LAGARDE: IF I HAVE ONE REGRET IS THAT I WAS BOUND BY FORWARD GUIDANCE IN THE PAST ECB PRESIDENT CHRISTINE LAGARDE AT SINTRA CONFERENCE: WE RAISED RATES BECAUSE WE HAD THE PERFECT MONETARY POLICY CIRCUMSTANCES TO DO SO #ecb #europeancentralbank #monetarypolicy #christinelagarde #sintraconference #interestrates #inflation ECB's President Lagarde: Risks are more broadly balanced than a few weeks ago

The ECB Forum on Central Banking – the Sintra Forum – is an annual event organised by the European Central Bank and is held in Sintra, Portugal. It brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term ...

Online broker FxPro has announced changes to its trading conditions, completely eliminating spreads on major cryptocurrency and index CFDs. By driving spreads down to zero on Bitcoin, Ethereum and more, FxPro is delivering institutional-grade pricing to the retail market, setting a new benchmark for competitive trading conditions. The brokerage says that ...

TRUMP ON IRAN: GETTING ALONG VERY WELL TRUMP SAYS IRAN TALKS ARE PROGRESSING WELL, APPLAUDS DECREASING OIL PRICES, COMMENDS RISING STOCK MARKET, AND THANKS QATAR FOR NEW AIR FORCE ONE GIFT. TRUMP STATES WE MAY HOLD 50% OF THE CHIP MARKET BY MY EXIT FROM OFFICE.

Private sector employment increased by 98,000 jobs in June and pay was up 4.4 percent year-over-year according to the June ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ("Stanford Lab"). The ADP National Employment Report is an independent measure of the labor market based on the anonymized ...

The US dollar is bid and pushing against some resistance levels ahead of flurry of central bank talk at the ECB conference in Sintra, which includes the new Federal Reserve Chair Warsh. The talks are set to begin around 9:00 AM ET. Given his reluctance to provide forward guidance at his first press conference last month, it seems unreasonable to expect more ...

Japan's top currency diplomat said the country's intervention in the currency market two months ago to support the yen had been effective, and that some U.S. officials had been "supportive" of the move, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. "Judging from how the market moved afterward, I think it clearly had meaning," Atsushi Mimura, vice finance minister ...

The Forex market has seen much more life in it lately compared to the previous quiet year of mostly consolidative moves in USD currency pairs, but that has changed over the past few weeks. With the US Dollar finding direction and the Federal Reserve animated by more decisive and hawkish sentiment, and the focus switching from rate cuts to the prospect of at ...

U.S.-based employers announced 45,849 job cuts in June, down 53% from the 97.006 cuts announced in May. June's total is down 4% from the 47,999 cuts announced in the same month last year, and marks the lowest monthly total since December 2025. according to a report released Wednesday from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & ...

Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.8% in June 2026, down from 3.2% in May according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in June (8.7%, compared with 10.8% in May), followed by services (3.2%, ...

ECB’s Kocher: Next decisions will be either hike or hold.

ECB's Wunsch: One hike could suffice without major 2nd-round effects.

The Australian and New Zealand dollars were on the defensive on Friday as mounting wagers on US rate hikes boosted the greenback broadly, sending the kiwi to three-month lows. A hawkish swerve from the Federal Reserve has seen markets price in 38 basis points of tightening this year and shrunk the Antipodeans’ yield premium over Treasuries. That left the ...