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📰 Quick Market Wrap Asian stocks opened higher after Wall Street’s record rally, fueling optimism across the region. The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index is hovering near its all-time highs. All eyes are on the upcoming Fed meeting, with expectations of a small rate cut that could reshape global monet

USD/CNH is consolidating near cyclical lows as China’s August activity data disappointed, with retail sales, industrial production, and investment all losing momentum. Beijing is set to rely on infrastructure spending to hit its 5% growth goal, a strategy supportive for commodities but negative for

EUR/USD is holding on to most of its post-ECB meeting gains. The ECB left the policy rate steady at 2.00% for a third consecutive meeting (widely expected) and signaled the easing cycle is over. The decision to stand pat was unanimous, BBH FX analysts report. ECB signals end of easing cycle "ECB Pre

Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned on Friday that while sinking employment data is typically a cause for interest rate cuts, still-high inflation data is still cause for concern, and key Fed officials may not be fully sold on a September rate cut. Key highlights O

Gold Updates New Record High $3547.Markets price in 25 BPS rate cut.ETF Gold inflow at record high.Global Central Banks step up Gold purchase.Markets await JOLTS and Non Farm Payroll numbers for further clues. Four months long consolidation beginning from 22nd April when Gold recorded all-time high

Gold’s rally fueled by expected U.S. rate cuts, concerns about Fed independence, and strong investor and central bank demand lifted spot gold to a record $3,530.19. Analysts now see $3,600–$3,900 near term, with potential to reach $4,000 in 2026 if uncertainties persist; the metal is up more than 33

The Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have had to deal with similar problems over the past 15-20 years, with both being called into serious monetary action after a decade of ultra-low rates permitted by unusually low and stable inflation. That calm was shattered first by the Coronavirus pandem

The DXY Index climbed 0.7% to 98.4 overnight, primarily on profit-taking sparked by better-than-expected US new home sales (NHS). Earlier, the index consolidated in a narrow 97.8-98.0 range throughout the Asian and European sessions, digesting last Friday’s 0.9% sell-off to 97.7 following Fed Chair

Declining South African mine output is contributing to the structural deficit in the platinum market, and the situation isn’t likely to improve soon. Platinum demand outstripped supply for the third straight year in 2024. Platinum offtake outpaced supply by 995,000 ounces last year. That was 46 perc

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde spoke on Saturday at the US Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Lagarde stated that Europe’s labor market has performed far better than expected, despite soaring inflation and steep interest-rate hikes in recent years,