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Focus on Central Bank Decisions: The Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada Take Center Stage This Week, with Expectations of Rate Cuts, Internal Disagreements, and Political Pressure Intertwined! In the upcoming trading days, global markets are closely watching the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and...

US-EU Trade Agreement Triggers Backlash Within Europe, Euro Plummets 1.3%: Market Sentiment Complicated Despite reaching a trade agreement with the US, the euro has plummeted—falling 1.3% after an initial rebound—as several European officials criticized the agreement for being overly favorable...

U.S.-EU Trade Breakthrough Sparks Global Stock Market Rally: Risk Appetite Heats Up, Gold and Government Bonds Under Pressure Global financial markets saw a broad rebound last week, primarily driven by the key trade agreement reached between the US and Japan. As the US and EU successfully...

ECB Holds Rates Steady: Easing Cycle Paused, Trade Talks Take Center Stage In its latest meeting this July, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its three key interest rates unchanged — ending a streak of eight consecutive cuts over the past year. The decision was widely anticipated by markets...

Trade Optimism Drives US Stocks to New Highs: Safe-Haven Assets Retreat as Markets Focus on EU Tariff Talks Global Markets Buoyed by US-Japan Trade Deal The recent US-Japan trade agreement has significantly boosted global market sentiment. Japan agreed to reduce auto tariffs from 27.5% to 15%...

🚨 Trump’s Tariff Blitz Heats Up: EU Faces August 1 Deadline, Japan Seals Major Deal! 🚨 Key Highlights (Forum-Style Summary) EU Tariff Deadline Looms: U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed August 1 as the final deadline for EU trade talks. No deal? A 30% tariff hits EU imports that...

🚨 Gold Breaks $3,400: Safe-Haven Demand Returns Amid Rising Uncertainty Gold surged to a 1-month high of $3,400 per ounce on Monday, driven by renewed safe-haven demand as global risks pile up. 🧨 What’s fueling the rally? 📉 US Dollar dropped on low-volume Monday 📊 US core inflation remains...

Yen Firms Slightly as Japanese Ruling Coalition Loses Majority; Fiscal Concerns & Political Uncertainty in Focus The Japanese Yen saw a modest recovery on Monday, firming around ¥148.30 per U.S. Dollar, as markets digested the political fallout from Japan’s weekend Upper House election, where...

Stocks Hit Record Highs on Strong Tech Earnings & Fed Hopes, But Tariff Watch Continues U.S. stock indices surged to fresh all-time highs on Thursday, lifted by strong corporate earnings from Nvidia, Taiwan Semiconductor, and Netflix. The rally extended across major benchmarks, with both the...

U.S. PPI Flat in June: Goods Sector Shows Tariff Impact, Mixed Inflation Signals Complicate Fed Policy U.S. producer prices were unchanged in June compared to May, with the annual inflation rate also slowing more than expected—underscoring mixed inflation signals as new trade tariffs begin to...

U.S. June Inflation Accelerates to 2.7% as Tariff Concerns Increase; Fed Rate Cut Expectations Reduce U.S. inflation picked up pace in June, with early signs that recently announced tariffs may be starting to seep into consumer prices—raising questions about the Federal Reserve’s policy path in...

Japan's JGB Yields Soar to Multi-Year Highs as Election Uncertainty Fuels Fiscal Concerns Yields on Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) surged on Monday, reaching multi-year highs, as investors brace for heightened fiscal risk ahead of Japan’s Upper House election on July 20. The sharp move in...

Markets on Edge as Trump Announces Broad Tariffs on Key Trade Partners: Gold Rallies, Inflation & Supply Chains at Risk U.S. President Trump escalated the global trade tension this week with sweeping tariff announcements targeting its major trade partners. The move has rattled financial markets...

Bitcoin Breaks $116K All-Time High as US Policy Signals Boost Crypto Market Rally Bitcoin surged to a fresh all-time high above $116,000 on Friday, with Ethereum climbing past $2,900 , as global risk sentiment improved and institutional inflows accelerated. The rally marks a renewed wave of...

Copper Surges to Record High as Trump Announces 50% Tariffs; Inflation & Trade War Alert On Wednesday, US President Trump announced a 50% tariff on copper imports to take effect from August, citing a “robust” national security review under Section 232. He underscored copper’s critical role in...