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US Import and Export Price Indexes - July 2026U.S. import prices decreased 0.4 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, following a 0.3-percent decline in June. Lower prices for fuel imports more than offset higher prices for nonfuel imports in July. Prices for U.S. exports decreased 1.3 percent i
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ECB's Lane: Avoiding Rate Hikes To Spare Mortgage Borrowers Would Be “False Economy”European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane on Tuesday pushed back against the idea that the ECB should refrain from raising interest rates because of the resulting burden on mortgage borrowers, saying tolerating excessively high inflation as a consequence would be a "false
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US industrial production grows 0.2% in JulyIndustrial production and manufacturing output in the United States increased by 0.2% in July compared to the previous month, the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors stated in its report published on Tuesday. On a yearly basis, industrial production expanded by 1.1%, while manuf
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US NAR Pending Home Sales Report Shows 2.3% Decrease in JulyPending home sales in July decreased by 2.3% month-over-month and 2.2% year-over-year, according to the National Association of REALTORS® Pending Home Sales report. The report provides the real estate ecosystem—including agents, homebuyers and sellers—with data on the level of ho
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Trump says no talks scheduled with Iran, Hormuz strait ‘open and operating’US President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared that there are no ongoing or scheduled talks with Iran, insisting that the Strait of Hormuz is "open and operating" and that all mines in the waterway have been cleared. "There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, wit
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Global Bond Markets Catch on FireI wrote a post a week ago warning that the mood is shifting in global bond markets. Ever since COVID, fiscal policy has become unmoored across much of the G10, with budget deficits and debt issuance way higher than is the norm for a non-crisis period. Given that public debt is al
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EUR/USD Holds a Slow Uptrend Beneath Key ResistanceThe euro (EURUSD) is sitting just below the 1.16 level on Tuesday, and the market is trying to decide whether buyers can keep pressing higher. The tone is constructive, but it is hardly decisive. Recent gains have come slowly, leaving plenty of room for hesitation as traders weig
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US and Canada hold last-minute talks to stop Trump’s 50% tariffsThe U.S. and Canada are negotiating in an effort to reach a truce on tariffs before a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump. If no deal is reached, Trump has threatened to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products, ranging from hockey
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Bond markets from US to Japan whacked as inflation and fiscal worries take holdLong-term borrowing costs from the United States to Japan and Germany hit their highest levels in decades on Tuesday, as renewed inflation worries added to nagging concerns about the fiscal pressures facing some of the world's biggest economies. Thirty-year bond yields in the Un
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Gold’s return as monetary collateralGold is not returning to the monetary system in the form its advocates often imagine. It is unlikely to replace fiat currency, restore Bretton Woods or become the daily medium of exchange for modern economies. But it is returning in a more practical and consequential role: as res
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US Pending Home Sales Plunge Back Near Record Lows In JulyFollowing another disappointment in existing home sales in July, weak homebuilder sentiment, and plunging housing starts, pending home sales tumbled for the second month in a row in July (-2.3% MoM vs 0.0% exp - below thew worst forecast), dragging sales down 2.5% YoY - the bigge
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What are trading assets? Definition and typesAn asset is something that has value and can be bought, sold or held as an investment. It can be a share in a company, a bond issued by a government or business, a currency, a commodity, or an index that tracks a group of companies. There is also more than one way to trade assets
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