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Pound Sterling: Good News For UK Growth Could Still Leave GBP ExposedBritain's economy grew 0.4% in July when economists had expected it to stall. ING's Francesco Pesole remains unconvinced that higher interest rates will follow: "Our baseline is still that the Bank of England won't hike at all, leaving sterling in front of a potential cliff-edge
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Saudi Arabia submitted amendments to the Omani-Iranian proposal regarding HormuzA Gulf Official tells me Saudi Arabia submitted amendments to the Omani-Iranian proposal regarding Hormuz because it had concerns that the proposed language could effectively establish a new status quo in the strait that would not be acceptable to it or the other GCC states
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Australian Dollar Outlook: AUD/USD Rally Stalls as Fed Risk ReturnsAUD/USD lost momentum after a 10-week rally as hot US inflation data revived Fed hike expectations. With RBA officials also keeping September tightening risks alive, both sides of the pair face significant event risk this week. The Australian dollar finally faltered on Thursday a
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BusinessNZ Services LandscapeThe services sector continues to move forward, albeit at a slow pace. The Performance of Services Index (PSI) reached 51.2 in August, above last month’s 50.6 print but below its long-term average of 52.7. That said, the PSI’s three-month moving average keeps rising and, at 50.9,
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NZ international travel: July 2026Overseas visitor arrivals were 256,600 in July 2026, an increase of 20,100 from July 2025. The biggest changes were in arrivals from: • Australia (up 8,200) • China (up 5,400) • United States (up 1,700). The 134,900 overseas visitor arrivals from Australia in July 2026 were a rec
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Oil prices rise after Saudi Arabia shut down critical pipeline that bypasses Strait of HormuzCrude oil prices rose more than 2% on Sunday after Saudi Arabia closed its critical pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures were up 2.3% to $102.38 per barrel by 6:02 p.m. ET. Brent crude, the international benchmark, traded 2.3% higher t
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Early warning issued in Khamis Mushait to signal possible threat: Saudi civil defenseEarly warning issued in Khamis Mushait to signal possible threat: Saudi civil defense
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Weekly Market Pulse: The HouseThings have been going pretty well for Scott “The House” Bessent after his intervention to buy the Yen at the end of July. The Yen is up almost 7% since he and the BOJ bought on July 31st. But his purchase of the Yen was intended to head off the sale of US Treasuries by the BOJ a
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Carney teases economic activity already spurring from investment summitPrime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has an unprecedented opportunity to build up the economy as global investors descend in Toronto for a high-stakes summit, and teased that a number of deals have already been signed. Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are arrivi
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ECB chief Lagarde says euro-area inflation shock will last longer than expectedEuropean Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said the current inflation shock facing the euro area will last longer than policymakers had anticipated, pointing to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East as the primary driver of continued price pressure. "The current shock is
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The 10-year Treasury is closing in on 5%. How it gets there matters moreThe 10-year Treasury yield is once again closing in on the psychologically important 5% threshold. For investors, the biggest issue may be what drives it across the line. The benchmark yield is hovering around 4.96%, within striking distance of the 5% mark it last touched in Octo
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USD/JPY outlook: Yen shorts flushed again as history points lowerUSD/JPY has seen a huge unwind over the past couple of weeks, and we’ve just found out that a large chunk of that move may have been driven by a significant clear-out of short-yen positioning among speculators, according to the latest data released by the CFTC on Friday. The scal
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