VT Markets https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Australia’s Services PMI Slips, Dimming Aussie Dollar Outlook and Lifting Bond, Equity Trades New Zealand July exports slide to $7.39bn, raising pressure on NZ dollar and rate outlook New Zealand July Imports Jump to $9.34bn, Raising Trade Deficit Fears and NZD Pressure Australia PMI Shows Manufacturing Steady, Services Ease as AUD/USD Lingers Near 0.7115 UK GfK consumer confidence beats forecasts, bolstering sterling and tempering Bank of England rate-cut hopes EUR/USD Slips Below 1.1700 as Dollar Firms on Higher Treasury Yields and Fed Hike Bets US equities slide as Treasury yields rebound, Walmart slumps and debt tops $40tn US Treasury Doubles Long-Dated Buybacks to $4bn, Pushing Yields Lower and Lifting Gold US federal debt nears $40tn as deficits, interest costs and private credit defaults strain markets Sterling hits February high as US buyback plan lifts GBP/USD, BoE inflation stance supports AUD/USD holds near multi-week highs as mixed Australian data shifts focus to US PMIs Dow slips as Treasury yields climb after strong US data; Walmart sinks and oil advances Sterling climbs on UK inflation as markets price Bank of England tightening amid softer US dollar US four-week bill yield edges up to 3.64% as front-end borrowing costs tick higher Bessent Signals Larger Treasury Buybacks, Sees Deficit Peak and Fiscal Consolidation Ahead WTI climbs towards $86 as Hormuz risks and US-Iran tensions sustain oil risk premium Riksbank Holds at 1.75% as Inflation Firms, Flags Geopolitical Risks and Possible Year-End Rise Egypt’s central bank holds rates at 19% as policymakers balance inflation risks and growth Treasury borrowing shock dents dollar as traders eye AUDUSD, Cable re-shorts; copper, KRE reversal in focus Investors weigh Bessent’s Treasury buybacks as US debt tops $40tn and rate hold looms RBI’s Malhotra calls net-short dollar forwards manageable as swap window closes early amid inflows Russia’s reserves climb to $755.6bn as central bank reports $15.6bn weekly rise AUD/USD Slips After Australia Jobs Miss; Softer US Dollar and Lower Yields Limit Losses US jobless claims four-week average rises above 200,000, fuelling bets on Fed easing US jobless claims undershoot forecasts, bolstering Fed hold outlook and lifting yield, dollar bets Treasury doubles long-dated buybacks, briefly cooling yields as dollar slips and gold surges above $4,500 Gold slips as US yields and dollar steady after Treasury buyback-fuelled rally, oil rises MUFG AI flags hawkish July FOMC minutes, but US dollar drift lower persists US stock futures mixed as Fed minutes weigh, Treasury buybacks boost caution amid Hormuz tensions India growth seen cooling to 6.7% as RBI holds rates and winds down FCNR(B) scheme US 10-year yield steadies as Treasury doubles long-dated buybacks; dollar softens despite Fed minutes Hong Kong July CPI Holds at 1.7%, Supporting Stable Outlook for Rates and Hang Seng Derivatives Hyperliquid’s US Expansion Could Change Its Future Why 90% of Traders Lose Money Trading Gold Wheat Climbs as Supply Risks Keep Global Crop Outlook in Focus How to Start Trading Gold With Just $100 South Africa Inflation Eases, but Oil and El Niño Risks Threaten Rand and Rate Cut Outlook Dollar hits May low as Treasury boosts long-end buybacks, capping yields ahead of Jackson Hole Indian rupee pressured by high oil and FCNR(B) swap closure as USD/INR eyes 96 Gold rebounds from 200-day average, eyes 4,520 breakout and 5,000 target in coming weeks US Treasury Yields and Gold: Why Traders Watch Real Rates Switzerland’s July trade surplus widens to CHF 8.37bn, bolstering Swiss franc outlook Rupee snaps three-day slide as US Treasury buybacks pull yields lower, easing dollar support Brent Crude Oil Holds Near $92 as Hormuz Uncertainty Persists New Zealand’s Annual Trade Deficit Hits NZ$5.23bn in July, Adding Pressure on the Kiwi Dividend Adjustment Notice – Aug 20 ,2026 Philippine Gold Prices Ease as Peso Conversion Tracks Global Bullion Dip, Central Bank Buying Supports Outlook Gold edges below $4,500 as hawkish Fed minutes lift dollar, Treasury buybacks cap yields AUD/USD dips towards 0.7120 after soft Australian jobs data; Fed easing caps downside Home