China loan curbs, yuan surge and holiday spending in focus as Beijing juggles pressures
China’s financial regulator has quietly told major banks to suspend new loans to five U.S.-sanctioned Iranian o ...
ICYMI – Saudi base ban forced Trump to pause Strait of Hormuz shipping operation
ICYMI, NBC with the rep[ort that Saudi Arabia blocked U.S. military use of a key airbase and airspace, forcing Trump ...
Australian March 2026 trade balance -1840mn (expected 4.250mn suprlus)
Trade Balance -1.841bnexpected +4.400bn, prior +5.686bn Exports -2.7% m/mprior +4.9%Imports +14.1% m/mprior -3.2%
PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.8487 (vs. estimate at 6.8087)
The PBOC allows the yuan to fluctuate within a +/- 2% range, around this reference rate. Injects 27bn yuan via 7-day ...
Iran to deliver response Thursday to U.S. war-ending proposal via Pakistan mediators
Iran is expected to deliver its response Thursday to a U.S. proposal for ending the war, with Trump citing “ver ...
PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.8087 – Reuters estimate
The People’s Bank of China is due to set the daily USD/CNY reference rate at around 0115 GMT (2115 US Eastern time), ...
Japan’s Mimura yen verbal intervention again – says closely watching FX
Japan’s Mimura yen verbal intervention again – says closely watching FXmore to come
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BOJ March minutes says rates will be raised in line with improvements in economy, priced
Bank of Japan held rates at 0.75% in March in an 8-1 vote, with minutes showing the board debated Iran war inflation ...
EU parliament negotiator says trade deal work is not yet done as May talks loom
EU parliament trade chief Bernd Lange says good progress has been made on EU-US trade deal legislation but more work ...
Oil insider trading fears after volume spike precedes Axios Iran report (rinse, repeat)
Around $1.7 billion in U.S. crude futures changed hands in the hour before an Axios report on a potential U.S.-Iran p ...
Bank of Canada head Macklem warns consecutive rate hikes possible if oil prices stay high
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem warned that if high oil prices begin feeding into broader inflation, the central ...
Yen intervention risks failure as Iran war clouds Japan’s currency defence
Japan’s suspected JPY5-6 trillion yen intervention may prove its least successful yet as the Iran war leaves au ...