September 18, 2026 6:15 am
Key Moments GBP/USD trades nearly unchanged around 1.3360 during early Asian hours on Friday as traders digest recent BoE and Fed decisions. The BoE kept its Bank Rate at 3.75% in a 6-3 vote, while the Fed lifted its benchmark rate to a 3.75%-4.0% range with a 25 bps hike. Markets are assigning a 53.1% […]
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Key Moments USD/CAD trades just below 1.4000 after strong gains, remaining on course for a second consecutive weekly advance. A widening US-Canada policy rate gap and ongoing bilateral trade frictions continue to weigh on the Canadian Dollar. Despite firmer oil prices and a pullback in US bond yields, a hawkish Federal Reserve stance still underpins […]
Read moreSeptember 18, 2026 5:56 am
Key Moments The People’s Bank of China set the USD/CNY central parity at 6.7521, below the prior session’s 6.7580 level. The new fixing contrasted with a 6.7065 estimate cited from Reuters. The PBoC continues to use multiple policy tools, with the Loan Prime Rate acting as China’s key benchmark for lending costs. Latest USD/CNY Central […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 1:07 pm
Key Moments GBP/JPY was trading around 208.23, down 0.40%, after the Bank of England left its policy rate at 3.75% in a 6-3 vote. Three BoE policymakers backed a 25-basis-point hike to 4.00% as the central bank highlighted upside inflation risks tied to higher energy prices. The Japanese Yen strengthened ahead of the Bank of […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 9:52 am
Key Moments EUR/GBP slipped back toward 0.8560 after a rebound from the 0.8550 area was capped near 0.8580. The Bank of England is expected to keep its key rate at 3.75%, with three policymakers anticipated to favor a 25 bps hike. Deutsche Bank flagged that the BoE’s cautious stance may no longer shield the Pound […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 9:43 am
Key Moments Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister expects the Czech National Bank to keep interest rates unchanged in line with Bloomberg consensus and current market pricing. Despite a recent uptick in inflation, CNB officials still describe monetary policy as sufficiently restrictive, while signaling that future hikes remain possible. The CNB’s comparatively hawkish stance versus Poland and Hungary […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 8:26 am
Key Moments USD/CHF eased after touching a nearly 16-month high of 0.8263 on Wednesday, trading around 0.8250 during Asian hours on Thursday. The Federal Reserve lifted the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a 3.75%-4.00% target range, with money markets assigning a 49.8% probability to another hike in October. Rabobank highlights that markets […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 8:10 am
Key Moments Ripple (XRP) and Stellar (XLM) are extending a recovery on Thursday after bouncing from key technical support zones. Derivatives and on-chain indicators for both tokens are mixed, pointing to cautious positioning and limited conviction in a sustained move. XRP and XLM are trading just above clustered short-term supports but remain constrained by their […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 7:56 am
Key Moments AUD/JPY trades around 110.90 in early European hours on Thursday, supported by weakness in the Japanese Yen. The pair holds a bearish technical bias as it remains below the 100-day simple moving average with the RSI at 38.58. Key levels include resistance at 111.63 and support at the 100.00 psychological area, with further […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 7:35 am
Key Moments NZD/USD recovered from a two-month low after New Zealand’s Q2 2026 GDP rose 0.2% quarter-on-quarter, beating the 0.1% consensus. Support at the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement near 0.5706 is containing losses, while the broader bias remains bearish below the 200-day SMA and key Fibonacci levels. The US Dollar stays underpinned by a hawkish Federal […]
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