VT Markets https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Week Ahead: Gold Price Outlook as Fed Rate Hike Bets Shape Markets VT Markets Provides Essential Relief to Support Flood-Impacted Communities in Thailand Our Experts Commodities Extend 2026 Lead Over Equities as El Niño Risk and Tight Supplies Fuel Rally New Zealand Annual Trade Deficit Widens to NZD 6.18bn as External Accounts Stay Under Pressure New Zealand’s September Trade Deficit Widens, Raising Further Downside Risks for the Kiwi Treasury yields slide as credit spreads widen amid oil surge and global trade strains Speculators’ euro shorts hit 2016 high as EUR/USD slides; crude longs build, gold crowded New Zealand September Imports Jump to $8.44bn, Raising Trade Deficit and NZ Dollar Volatility Concerns Canada CPI Seen Holding at 3% as Higher Fuel Costs Offset Cooling Food Inflation New Zealand dollar rises as softer greenback trims Fed hike bets, focus turns to RBNZ US TIC long-term inflows hit $279bn in August, fuelling bullish outlook for dollar and assets US net TIC inflows jump to $199.8bn in August, signalling stronger foreign appetite for US assets Taiwan Dollar Extends Slide on Record Foreign Equity Outflows, as Central Bank Leans Against Weakness CFTC Data Show Hedge Funds Trim Net Short in S&P 500 Futures, Still Bearish Japan’s CFTC yen net longs ease to 50.2k as speculative bullish momentum cools CFTC Data Show Australian Dollar Net Shorts Deepen as AUD Position Slides Further Negative Speculators deepen bearish sterling bets as CFTC non-commercial GBP net positions fall to -107K CFTC Data Shows Gold Speculators Trim Net Long Positions to 207.9K US dollar slips to weekly loss as inflation persists and positioning turns near neutral Gold heads for weekly loss as rising US yields counter softer near-term Fed hike bets US August Budget Deficit Narrows to $27bn, Beating Forecast as Fiscal Position Firms US import prices surge as tariffs drive cost pass-through and complicate Fed outlook Bank of Korea seen holding rates at 3.00% as late-cycle hikes pencilled in for 2027 EUR/USD Holds Near 1.1230 as Fed Rate Bets Support Dollar, Euro Upside Capped European bank maintains Fed hike view as US inflation stays above target and growth holds firm Canada inflation data, BoC Q3 business survey to guide 28 October rate decision amid oil price pressures AUD/USD Drifts Lower as Fed Hike Bets and US Yields Outpace Softer Australian Jobs Data US Retail Sales Beat Forecast as Fuel and Tariffs Lift Spending While Volumes Slip US corn outlook reset as USDA lifts yield; stronger dollar and fund longs weigh on futures Canadian CPI Seen Rising to 3.2% as Energy Lifts Headline, Core Measures Stay Subdued Bailey Sees Limited Second-Round Inflation as Sterling Eyes 1.37 Amid Bank Tax Plans US oil rig count slips by three to 459, signalling modest cooling in drilling activity Bitcoin Dips Below $82,000 as Bull-Bear Tug-of-War Contrasts With Gold’s Cautious Rebound Sterling Gains as Fed Offers No Rate Steer, BoE November Hike Bets Lift GBP/USD Gold slips on hotter US CPI, then rebounds as Treasury yields fall and Fed hike odds ease EUR/USD Steadies as Eurozone–US Front‑End Spreads Narrow, French OAT Stress Stabilises USD/CAD Slips as US Yield Drop and Dollar Weakness Lift Loonie to Two-Week High US Inflation Reheats as Diesel Surge Lifts Producer Prices and Rekindles Fed Tightening Bets Dollar slumps as Treasury yields fall; yen and Aussie swing on rate expectations Dollar Slides as Fed Hike Odds Fade, DXY Pulls Back from Post-Tariff Peak Bitcoin and Gold Diverge as Dollar Firms and Treasury Yields Stay Elevated US Import Prices Beat Forecast, Raising Concerns Over Near-Term Inflation Pressures New Zealand Price Index Rises on Energy as Retail Spending Slips, RBNZ Hike Odds in Focus Gold ranges below $4,200 as hawkish Fed bets prop up dollar and Treasury yields Gold rises towards $4,230 as softer Treasury yields and dovish Fed remarks weigh on dollar Treasuries Rally Despite Hot US PPI as AI Credit Woes and Energy Shocks Roil Markets Gold range-bound as safe-haven bids offset firmer US inflation and looming Fed policy decision Austria September HICP at 3.6% Tops Forecast, Fuelling Higher-for-Longer ECB Rate Bets