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Indonesian Rupiah: Higher oil prices add to IDR pressure - MUFG

MUFG’s Lloyd Chan remains cautious on the Indonesian Rupiah as domestic inflation accelerates and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth stays above 5%. The trade balance has improved slightly but remains weaker than 2025 …

There Are ’Warsh’ Things I Could Do

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is a rough transcript of the responses of the new Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, to reporters’ questions in his first post-Federal Open Market Committee news conference Wednesd…

Fed’s Beige Book shows modest economic growth as prices rise

The Federal Reserve (Fed) released its Beige Book on Wednesday, in which the US central bank stated that economic activity increased modestly since early July, while overall employment rose slightly. Regarding inflation…

Japanese Yen: BoJ hawks raise hike risk – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad observes USD/JPY testing 160.00 as hawkish Bank of Japan comments briefly supported the Japanese Yen (JPY). Haddad notes Takata’s openness to a 50–75 bps move and back-to-bac…

Lords call for AI 'kill switch' powers in UK

A group of peers is calling for the British government to be able to deactivate powerful AI systems and switch off the country's data centres in the event of the tech posing a threat to national security.

Gold: Data risks and CTA selling – TD Securities

TD Securities’ Ryan McKay and Bart Melek highlight that upcoming US Non-farm Payrolls (NFP) and a renewed hawkish Fed tone are critical for Gold, with prices near CTA (Commodity Trading Advisors) selling thresholds arou…

US Dollar: Fed hike risk and yields back in focus – MUFG

According to MUFG’s Lee Hardman, rising energy prices are pushing market expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening, with 17bps priced for the 16th September FOMC and the 2-year US Treasury yield at a year-to-d…