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The US dollar, already at a one-year high, may be on the cusp of a renewed yield advantage as the Fed amplifies signals of a rate hike by year-end. Is this the beginning of a sustained dollar rally?

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to various charities across the United States this week, Page Six is told. In the days leading up to their highly anticipated wedding, which is set to take place Friday at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the couple decided to give back in a big way. Swift and Kelce — who together are reportedly ...

As the trading week approaches its close, gold is showing a relevant short-term recovery. XAU/USD is up more than 2.00% and is trading back above the 4,000 dollars per ounce area, supported by a weaker US dollar after the NFP release. For now, this move has allowed gold to recover ground, especially as substitute assets, such as the dollar, show signs of ...

MetroTrade, the Chicago-based futures brokerage, announced yesterday (Wednesday) that it has launched options on futures trading on its MetroTrader platform, giving clients access to CME-listed contracts alongside its existing futures offering. The move lets traders manage both product types from a single account interface, a structure the company says ...

The luster fell a bit off the employment rose in June with nonfarm payrolls rising 57,000 against expectations of a 115,000 increase, according to today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Moreover, the increases previously reported for April and May were revised down by a total of 74,000. Upon revision, payrolls increased 148,000 in April versus ...

After plunging to a fresh 40 year low overnight, the yen strengthened sharply against the dollar amid rising speculation that the currency’s continued weakness may prompt a fresh round of intervention by Japan. The yen then surged again after the June US jobs report showed a much weaker picture than expected. But let's focus on the first, more unexplained ...

USDCHF is trading around 0.8088 at the moment of writing, pulling back from the one-year high near 0.8139 touched on June 24 as the dollar’s bid weakens. Even so, the franc remains roughly 6.3% weaker against the dollar than the lows touched in January 2026 Despite this year’s wobble, the franc remains one of the world’s genuinely strong currencies: at its ...

ECB's President Lagarde: I'm certain ECB made right choice raising rates in June. LAGARDE: SECOND ROUND EFFECTS NOT MATERIALIZED TODAY ECB's Lagarde: The supply shock is spreading through the economy. LAGARDE SAYS MAJORITY OF POLICYMAKERS WERE READY TO HIKE IN APRIL ...

The ECB’s Forum at Sintra has become one of the key events for forex markets, and a lot happened over the last few days that could drive currency markets not just this week, but through the rest of the year. Having so many heads of major central banks at the same venue discussing monetary policy is a fantastic opportunity to compare their outlooks on rates. ...

As I think about my recent policy decisions, my assessment has evolved with incoming data and ongoing research. At the start of this year, moderation in price and wage growth, alongside slowing activity, had brought me closer to considering a reduction in Bank Rate. However, since the onset of the conflict in the Middle East, the reemergence of the ...

US dangles rewards for opening the Strait of Hormuz. Iran isn't budging. - WSJ

The June US jobs report led with a softer-than-expected non-farm payroll growth number of 57,000 (consensus 113k) with 74,000 downward revisions to the past two months. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.2% from 4.3%, but this was primarily caused by a big drop in the participation rate to 61.5% from 61.8% – ie not a good reason since it highlights worker ...

Africa's trading market continues to attract new participants as fintech adoption rises and access to financial services improves across the continent. At the Finance Magnates Africa Summit 2026, Adam Button sat down with Kabelo Mathapo, Business Development Manager at Vantage Markets South Africa, to discuss what is driving this growth, how trader ...

KEY EUROPEAN NATIONS ACCEPT HORMUZ STRAIT FEES ARE INEVITABLE

The dollar fell noticeably in the wake of U.S. nonfarm payroll numbers that landed at 57K, almost half the 110K figure the market was watching. The unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.2% from 4.3% previously, while hourly earnings were relatively steady at 3.5%, up from 3.4% last month. Foreign exchange markets were primed for a strong print following ...

Canada’s manufacturing sector remained in growth territory during June, expanding for a third month in a row on the back of rising production and new orders. In response, employment numbers were increased to the greatest degree since October 2024, and firms chose to raise their purchasing activity again – although this was partly to protect against supply ...

A cooler reading on payrolls in June, which broke a three-month hot streak, is still likely to keep Federal Reserve officials' full attention on inflation and extend the interest rate pause, while preserving the hawks' case for potential rate hikes later this year. The US economy added 57,000 jobs in June, fewer than expectations for 113,000 and down ...

In the week ending June 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 215,000 to 216,000. The 4-week moving average was 222,000, a decrease of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's ...

Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+57,000) and the unemployment rate (4.2 percent) changed little in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, social assistance, and health care. Leisure and hospitality lost jobs. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2% The U.S. economy saw job creation cool sharply heading into the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000 for the month, slower than the downwardly revised 129,000 added in May and worse than the 115,000 Dow Jones consensus forecast. The unemployment rate, however, dropped to 4.2%, and slightly ahead of the 4.1% where it was a year ago. The U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June and revisions subtracted a combined 74,000 jobs from the previously reported figures for May and April. The unemployment rate edged down to 4.2%. Leisure and hospitality employment declined by 61,000 in June.

Fed's Daly: US monetary policy is slightly restrictive Fed's Daly: That should help inflation come down. Fed's Daly: There is a scenario where the Fed has to fight inflation; there's also a scenario where growth doesn't continue. Fed's Daly: Can't decide right now, can't give false guidance on rates.

DALY: AI INVESTMENT SHOCK HAS PEOPLE WONDERING IF IT WILL BE INFLATIONARY DALY: WE ARE IN EARLY STAGES OF A POTENTIAL EXPONENTIAL RISE IN PRODUCTIVITY GAINS FROM AI

Banco de España together with CEMFI and Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) launches the fifth academic conference on the Spanish economy, that will be held on 2 and 3 July 2026 in Santander. This conference series aims at bringing together top researchers to present their recent work on topics that are of critical importance for the Spanish ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ June jobs report, which will be released on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET, is expected to show that the recent trend of stable hiring continued for a fourth straight month, but that wage growth remains below inflation. The report is likely to show a gain of 115,000 jobs, the unemployment rate largely unchanged at 4.3% and average ...

GBP/USD: Have Bulls Asserted Control? This currency pair seems to have made a turnaround from falling steadily to long term lows, to making a fairly strong and impulsive rise, arguably gaining fuel from a failed bearish breakdown. In the Forex market, breakouts are often not decisive, and trends can be unreliable and hard to find. This suggests that the ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said that inflation is a “choice.” The same could also be true of how inflation is measured. While the central bank has its own favorite metric courtesy of the Commerce Department, the public data base is rife with other gauges of how price pressures are best viewed. It’s likely that many of them will get a serious ...

In May 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, stable compared with April 2026 and down from 6.3% in May 2025. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in May 2026, also stable compared with April 2026 and down from 6.0% in May 2025. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Eurostat ...

US DOLLAR’S SHARE OF GLOBAL FX RESERVES HITS LOWEST LEVEL THIS CENTURY

Lenders reported that the availability of secured credit to households was unchanged in the three months to end-May 2026 (Q2). It was expected to increase over the next three months to end-August 2026 (Q3) (Chart 1). Lenders reported that the availability of unsecured credit to households increased in Q2 and was expected to decrease in Q3 (Chart 2). Lenders ...

Unified Command of Iranian Armed Forces: Any US interference in Strait of Hormuz will be met with ‘swift and decisive response' - Fars News