DXY & Forex

According to Jin10, major forex options including euro, Australian dollar, and Japanese yen will expire tonight at 22:00 Beijing time (September 22). The expiration involves 4 strikes with notional values exceeding 1 billion each. Risk management is

Self-employed borrowers in South Korea saw their loan delinquency rate reach 1.99% in Q2, approaching the 2% threshold for the first time since June 2015, according to the Bank of Korea's Financial Stability Report released on the 22nd. Among borrowers already delinquent, 80.9% remained in delinquen

According to Yonhapinfomax, SoftBank's 5-year credit default swap rose by 0.62 basis points to 367.27 on September 21, as the company issued $11 billion in junk bonds to fund its OpenAI investment. The CDS level remains near this year's high of 378.46, reached on September 15. SoftBank

According to John Velis, BNY Mellon's Americas macroeconomic strategist, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates one more time in December. However, Velis expressed uncertainty about whether the Fed can deliver as many rate hikes in 2027 as currently priced by markets. The effectiveness of

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korea's newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hyung-il held his first executive meeting on September 22, directing officials to reassess risks across financial, foreign exchange, and real estate markets. Lee emphasized price stability as th

According to Jin10, Britain's fiscal deficit for the first five months of the current fiscal year reached £77.3 billion (approximately $100 billion) by September 22, surpassing the Office for Budget Responsibility's March forecast by £8.1 billion. In August alone, borrowing hit £18.3 billion,

According to the Seoul Foreign Exchange Market, the Korean won to U.S. dollar exchange rate declined 22.8 won to 1358.2 won at 3:30 PM on September 22, compared to the previous trading week's closing rate.

According to Invesco, the firm expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates only once more this year, with a potential shift toward rate cuts within 12 to 15 months on September 22. Invesco holds a positive outlook on gold, citing its traditional role as a portfolio diversification tool with

According to Adrian Zuercher, head of global asset allocation at UBS's chief investment office, the bank is shifting its asset allocation focus toward Asian emerging market bonds on September 22. Speaking on CNBC, Zuercher noted that strong macroeconomic conditions are supporting emerging market

According to Jin10, the European Central Bank officially launched its Digital Euro on September 22, enabling banks to conduct tokenized transactions and payments between institutions.

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock stated on May 22 (local time) that monetary policy must focus on keeping inflation expectations stable. Speaking at an event hosted by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Bullock emphasized the need to minimize

According to RBA Governor Michele Bullock, speaking on September 22 at a Council for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) forum, monetary policy should focus on preventing secondary inflation effects and maintaining stable inflation expectations. Bullock noted that while first-round inflation

According to Jin10, South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, is seeking approval to invest in Indian government bonds on September 22 through a low-compliance channel provided by India's market regulator. The fund, which manages assets exceeding $1.3

According to Bank of Korea's September 22 financial stability report, rising USD/KRW exchange rate expanded foreign currency risk-weighted assets (RWA) of domestic banks by 51.3% since Q1 2022, creating downward pressure on capital ratios. The central bank estimated that exchange rate gains since 20

Kim Hak-gyun, Research Center Director at Shinyoung Securities, stated at a Korea Exchange seminar on the 22nd that the current direction of interest rates is determined by the White House rather than the US Federal Reserve. Kim explained that the recent 0.25 percentage point rate hike by the Fed in

According to market reports, traders said India's central bank may be selling U.S. dollars to support the rupee. The RBI's potential intervention comes as the Indian currency faces pressure in forex markets.

According to Kim Hak-gyun, director of Shin Young Securities Research Center, speaking today at a Korea Exchange seminar, interest rate movements are now driven by the White House rather than the Federal Reserve. Despite the Fed raising its benchmark rate by 25 basis points in September, U.S.

According to a Wall Street Journal survey, nine of ten economists expect Indonesia's central bank to hold its seven-day reverse repurchase rate at 5.75% on Wednesday, while one predicts a 25-basis-point rate hike to 6.0%. HSBC economists forecast the next rate increase will occur in the fourth

The Bank of Korea stated on the 22nd that corporate net purchases of forward exchange contracts have continued in the third quarter, unlike the second quarter, assessing that dollar supply in the foreign exchange funding market remains abundant. Kim Shin-young, BOK's Director of Foreign Exchange

According to the Bank of Korea, South Korean companies shifted from selling forward foreign exchange contracts in Q2 to purchasing them in Q3, amid ample dollar supply in offshore funding markets. The arbitrage incentive spread (interest rate differential minus swap rate) widened to -39 basis