Fig. 1. Key interest rates of the Fed and the ECB.

    Dollar: Oil Leaves the Fed with No Choice

    The Brent crude rally is a bigger ‘bearish’ factor for EURUSD than the ECB. The Fed may spring a surprise as early as July. The US dollar paid no heed to the ECB’s hawkish rhetoric and continued its advance against major global currencies, including the euro. The European Central Bank left its deposit rate at…

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      Rupee recovers 18 paise to settle at 96.55 against U.S. dollar

      This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto The rupee recovered 18 paise to close at 96.55 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (July 24, 2026), amid likely intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A combination of factors, including heightened tensions in West Asia, Foreign Institutional Investor…

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      Deriv brings its exclusive 24/7 Derived Indices to TradingView

        Deriv brings its exclusive 24/7 Derived Indices to TradingView

        Leading Retail FX and CFDs broker Deriv has announced that it has brought its Derived Indices to TradingView. For existing traders, it’s another way into the 24/7 markets; for TradingView’s users, it’s a first look at indices they can only trade with Deriv. The proposition is distinct from a conventional broker integration. Deriv is not simply…

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        Germany's GfK Consumer Climate Slips to -29.6 as Income Outlook Weakens and Saving Stays Elevated

          Germany’s GfK Consumer Climate Slips to -29.6 as Income Outlook Weakens and Saving Stays Elevated

          Germany’s GfK Consumer Climate edged down from -29.3 to -29.6 for August, highlighting that household confidence remains deeply depressed despite modest improvement in some underlying indicators. The slight deterioration was driven by weaker income expectations and a renewed rise in precautionary saving, offsetting gains in willingness to buy and economic expectations. Income expectations fell from…

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          USD/JPY Breakout Gathers Pace as Bulls Dominate Trading

            USD/JPY Breakout Gathers Pace as Bulls Dominate Trading

            Key Highlights USD/JPY started a fresh increase above 163.20 and 163.50. A key bullish trend line is forming with support at 163.00 on the 4-hour chart. EUR/USD is struggling below the 1.1450 resistance zone. WTI Crude Oil prices rallied further above $92.00 and $92.50. USD/JPY Technical Analysis The US Dollar started a fresh increase from…

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            Will July’s Bullish Trend Survive

              Will July’s Bullish Trend Survive

              This currency pair has been rising in a fairly disorderly way since late June, after undergoing a period of sinking. The sinking was due to a strengthening US Dollar, which at one point broke out to a new 1-year high price. Yet most of the rise of the past few weeks has been due more…

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