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From vtmarkets.com | 46 hr ago USD/JPY edged lower on Thursday, with a softer US Dollar supporting the Japanese Yen. The pair traded around 162.45, staying close to 40-year highs, as the market remained sensitive to the risk of Tokyo acting in the foreign exchange market. Prior episodes of suspected support were short-lived, with the currency still weighed down by structural pressures …

The pound is having a moment. is trading near 1.3431 Friday, extending a recovery to fresh one-year highs as sterling continues to outperform while the dollar loses some of its defensive appeal. The pair has climbed for a third consecutive session, pushing above 1.34 after briefly dipping below 1.3350 earlier in the week, and it touched an intraday high near 1.3448 — the strongest level for Cable since last summer. In a year where most currencies have been steamrolled by a hawkish-Fed-driven dollar, the pound stands out as one of the few genuinely beating the greenback. That distinction is what…

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DBS economists Radhika Rao and Mo Ji forecast Singapore’s advance 2Q26 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 5.8% year-on-year and 1.5% quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted, slightly below 1Q26 but still resilient. They cite strong manufacturing and wholesale trade on AI-related electronics demand, robust modern services and construction, and expect non-oil domestic exports to post a fourth consecutive month of double-digit growth despite a slowdown from May.AI demand underpins growth outlook”We expect Singapore’s advance GDP growth estimate for 2Q26 to register 5.8% yoy, 1.5% qoq sa, remaining resilient compared with 6.0% yoy, 1.0% qoq sa in 1Q26.””Manufacturing accelerated, while wholesale trade performed…

The week that wasThe US Dollar (USD) has traded in a volatile fashion this week, leaving the US Dollar Index (DXY) slightly positive around the 101.00 neighbourhood.This week’s price action has been mainly influenced by the renewed tensions between the US and Iran and how that affects the Strait of Hormuz, pushing the ongoing concern about possible FX intervention by the Japanese Ministry of Finance (MoF) to the background, while expectations for more interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve (Fed) have stayed strong.In addition, the publication of the FOMC Minutes was kind of spot on with market expectations, leaving…

From vtmarkets.com | 33 hr ago USD/JPY edged lower on Thursday, with a softer US Dollar supporting the Japanese Yen. The pair traded around 162.45, staying close to 40-year highs, as the market remained sensitive to the risk of Tokyo acting in the foreign exchange market. Prior episodes of suspected support were short-lived, with the currency still weighed down by structural pressures …

The US Dollar to Canadian Dollar (USD/CAD) exchange rate continues to trade near 1.4210, with the Canadian Dollar struggling to recover despite some easing in US-Canada interest-rate differentials.

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