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US Dollar Rally Is Missing the Volume Confirmation a Lasting Trend NeedsVolume behind the current US dollar index advance is falling rather than rising, and the dollar rally therefore lacks the volume confirmation a lasting trend needs. Volume confirmation is the test of whether a rally has buyers behind it, since a genuine trend attracts participati
2026.08.1386
BusinessNZ Manufacturing SnapshotThe Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) may have fallen in July, but remains firmly in expansionary territory at 54.3 on a seasonally adjusted basis. This returns the PMI close to its levels at the start of the year, before the onset of conflict in the Middle East and the su
2026.08.1387
Gold Price Outlook: Speed Bump Seems Unlikely to Deter Dip MentalityThe daily chart shows a solid rally from 4,000 support, although resistance was met around a prior weekly VPOC (volume point of control), just below 4,500. A bearish outside day engulfed Tuesday’s small doji and Wednesday’s small bullish candle, but so far, support has held aroun
2026.08.1388
NZ international travel: June 2026Overseas visitor arrivals were 3.67 million in the June 2026 year, an increase of 299,000 from the June 2025 year. The biggest changes were in arrivals from: • Australia (up 144,000 to 1.59 million) • China (up 67,000 to 315,000) • Taiwan (up 15,000 to 65,000). New Zealand-reside
2026.08.1389
Is the U.S. Manufacturing Rebound Real?Manufacturing accounts for roughly one-seventh of U.S. gross output, representing approximately $7.5 trillion in annual economic activity. However, the sector’s share of total output has declined consistently over the past 15 years (Chart 1). More recently, that decline has begun
2026.08.1390
Yen intervention could come again at any yen level, ex-official FurusawaJapan may conduct joint yen intervention with the United States "at any time" and should signal the chance of faster than expected interest rate hikes to arrest the currency's slide, Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Japan's former top currency diplomat, told Reuters in an interview published
2026.08.1491
The Red Book: Quarterly Update on the Australian consumerThe Australian consumer remains out of sorts. Sentiment is stuck near historical lows, with finances under pressure and inflation and interest rate rise fears still dominating the outlook. While some of the situation has improved slightly since May, it looks like a long road back
2026.08.1492
USD/JPY Shrugs Off Softer US Data and Faster BOJ Hike TalkMuch of the chatter over the past week has centred on the downside surprise in US non-farm payrolls, the soft US CPI report and the undershoot in PPI overnight, which has seen Fed rate hike pricing pared over the next year. At the same time, speculation has intensified that the B
2026.08.1493
US: Initial Jobless Claims Increased But Remain LowInitial jobless claims rose but remain low. First-time filings rose to 209,000 in the week ending August 8 from an upwardly revised 200,000 (Figure 1). This was slightly above PNC’s forecast of an increase to 205,000. Initial claims are down 27,000 from the same week one year ago
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Japan's July core inflation seen at 1.8% on higher energy costsJapan's core consumer inflation likely accelerated in July from the previous month, as faster food price gains and cost pressures on energy from the war in the Middle East pushed prices higher, a Reuters poll of economists showed. The data would likely reinforce market expectatio
2026.08.1495
Luxury $9.1 million superyacht sinks days after being delivered to new ownerA 98-foot superyacht worth a whopping $9.1 million sank into the Mediterranean Sea just days after it had been delivered to its new owner. Fourteen guests and crew were on The Angiola II Tuesday off the coast of popular resort town Porto Cervo, Sardinia, when an engine failure sp
2026.08.1496
US: Weaker PPI Inflation Reinforces Consumer Prices’ Push for Steady Fed PolicyThe Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand was unchanged in July 2026 from June. On a year-overyear basis, final demand PPI was up 4.7%, offering an early indication that producer price inflation may be entering a downward trend (see Figure 1). The July report supports argum
2026.08.14