The U.S. continues to seek to pile pressure on Iran with the naval blockade outside the Strait of Hormuz as the Trump Administration signals the blockade is yielding results and will not be lifted anytime soon. “While the surviving IRGC Leaders are trapped like drowning rats in a sewage pipe, Iran’s
The GBP/USD pair is broadly sideways around 1.3500 during the European trading session on Wednesday. The Cable consolidates as investors await monetary policy announcements by the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BoE).
DBS Bank’s Philip Wee notes that the US Dollar (USD) stayed rangebound even as Brent crude jumped on news that the UAE will exit OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1 and aims to boost production sharply.
The US Dollar (USD) nudges higher for the second consecutive day against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on Wednesday, trading at 159.75 at the time of writing, with the key 160.00 level, considered a line in the sand for Tokyo intervention, coming closer.
The United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed) announces its interest rate decision on Wednesday, another pivotal meeting for markets to gauge the stance of policymakers as energy prices remain uncomfortably high amid ongoing uncertainty in the Middle East, putting the Fed’s dual mandate under strain.
TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE) is raising its interim dividend by 6% as first-quarter earnings jumped by 30% from a year earlier, pushed up by the spike in oil prices and very strong oil trading results in the wake of the Iran war. The French oil and gas supermajor on Wednesday reported an adjusted net i
Societe Generale analysts discuss persistent headwinds for the Indian Rupee (INR) against US Dollar (USD) as India faces large Oil and Gold import bills.
Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister expects the Bank of Canada (BoC) to keep rates unchanged as policymakers assess the impact of the Middle East conflict and softer inflation.
Deutsche Bank analysts highlight that Australian Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.6% year-on-year in March, slightly below expectations, while trimmed mean inflation stayed above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target band.