DXY & Forex

UK 30-year government bond yields rose 20 basis points to 5.86% today, reaching the highest level since 1998.

Russia's Central Bank gold and foreign exchange reserves reached $771 billion for the week ending May 8, up from $757.5 billion in the previous week, marking an increase of $13.5 billion.

According to Fidelity International portfolio manager Michael Riedel, he profited from betting on inflation before oil prices surged above $100 per barrel following the Iran conflict. Riedel had purchased U.S. and UK inflation swaps months earlier, betting that inflation would rise despite market co

According to Jin10, ECB Governing Council member Stournaras stated on May 16 that modest rate increases can suppress inflation without causing significant economic damage. He emphasized that if inflation temporarily exceeds target levels, the central bank should adopt a more gradual approach to

According to Jin10, silver spot prices fell more than 7% intraday on May 16, while gold declined over 2%, as U.S. inflation accelerated and the dollar index strengthened.

According to China's Commerce Ministry, Chinese and U.S. leaders held talks in Beijing on May 14 and announced that bilateral trade negotiation teams achieved balanced positive results. The two countries' economic relationship is fundamentally based on mutual benefit and win-win outcomes,

According to PANews, U.S. inflation data surged across key metrics over the past week, reaching multi-year highs driven by energy price spikes amid Middle East tensions. Traders have largely ruled out the possibility of Federal Reserve rate cuts this year, while bets on rate hikes have increased.

According to Grayscale Research, U.S. inflation is accelerating, limiting the Federal Reserve's room to cut rates, with markets currently expecting the first rate cut in September 2027. The research firm noted that this macroeconomic environment will have significant implications for crypto markets,

On Saturday, Ryoji Hyakumori, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, called for a 'holistic approach' to designing the future global monetary system, cautioning against limiting choices to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins alone. Hyakumori noted that Japan is prepared for both p

On May 14, 2026, Zhu Hegui, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China and head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, met with David Solomon, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. The two exchanged views on international economic and financial conditions and China's economic development o

According to FinanceFeeds, as of May 16, the US dollar is rallying amid robust economic data and elevated Treasury yields, with the 10-year yield reaching a 10-month high. Strong retail sales and industrial production have lifted the Atlanta Fed's Q2 GDP estimate to 4.0%, while traders now price a 5

According to Grayscale research chief Zach Pandl, the Federal Reserve will maintain elevated interest rates through September 2027 amid accelerating U.S. inflation and rising energy prices. The prolonged high-rate environment creates three effects on crypto assets: increased holding costs for zero-y

According to CNBC, influenced by both the April consumer and producer price indexes hitting multi-year highs, the federal funds futures market on 5/15 for the first time priced the FED’s next move as “rate hikes” rather than rate cuts. Based on the CME FedWatch tool, the probability of a rate hike at the December FOMC is about 51%; it rises to about 60% in January and reaches 71% in March. This week, newly appointed Fed chair Warsh took office; he previously said that under the current environme

On Friday, May 15, major asset-class ETFs declined broadly. Emerging markets ETF fell 3.43%, gold ETF dropped 2.32%, Barclays U.S. convertible bond ETF declined 1.94%, and Russell 2000 index ETF fell 2.41%. Nasdaq 100 ETF, agricultural funds, U.S. 20+ year Treasury ETF, and real estate ETF shed up t

Latin American assets fell sharply Friday (May 16), with the MSCI LatAm index sliding 2.66%, marking the lowest level in over a month, as geopolitical tensions and inflation concerns dampened risk appetite across the region. The corresponding currency index declined 1.44%, posting its largest

On May 15, offshore Chinese yuan (CNH) declined to 6.8139 against the U.S. dollar in New York late trading, falling 273 pips from Thursday's close. The currency traded within a range of 6.7857 to 6.8165 throughout the session, with continuous weakness throughout the day.

As of Friday's close in New York (May 15), most major currencies weakened throughout the week. The euro fell 0.41% to 1.1621, marking a weekly decline of 1.40% (May 12-15); sterling dropped 0.59% to 1.3324,

On Friday (May 15), the ICE U.S. Dollar Index rose 0.47% to 99.288 during New York session close, with weekly gains expanding to 1.42%. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index advanced 0.42% to 1202.56, up 1.23% for the week. The U.S. Dollar strengthened 0.21% against the Japanese Yen to 158.71 Yen,

The onshore Chinese yuan closed at 6.8140 against the US dollar at 03:00 Beijing time on May 15, down 262 points from Thursday's close. Trading volume reached $61.415 billion.

The Korean won weakened 2.47% against the US dollar this week, closing at 1,497.63 on Friday (May 15), continuing its downtrend throughout the period.