DXY & Forex

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.

The yield on 30-year US Treasury bonds increased 10 basis points to 5.13%, according to latest market data.

On May 15, UK 10-year gilt yields surged 17.8 basis points to 5.172% in late European trading, approaching the July 2, 2008 peak of 5.198%. Two-year yields rose 12.5 basis points to 4.551%. The week saw a cumulative increase of 26 basis points in 10-year yields, with sharp gains on May 11-12

German 10-year Bund yields rose 12.4 basis points to 3.167% in European late trading on Friday, May 15, approaching levels last seen in May 2011. The yields gained 16.2 basis points during the week, trading within a 3.011%-3.172% range. Two-year Bund yields increased 8.6 basis points to 2.738%,

According to Grayscale research head Zach Pandl on May 16, the Federal Reserve may maintain elevated interest rates long-term as U.S. CPI approaches 4%, with markets now expecting the first rate cut in September 2027. Grayscale noted that higher rates will accelerate tokenization of fixed-income

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 10 basis points intraday to 4.58% on May 15.

According to Societe Generale Americas research director Subadra Rajappa, U.S. Treasury yields showed sharp abnormal volatility today (May 15), driven by accelerating inflation expectations and surging energy prices tied to the Iran conflict. Rajappa stated that higher energy costs are limiting

U.S. 20-year Treasury yields rose 10 basis points intraday on May 15.

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, USDBRL (US Dollar vs Brazilian) has surged by 1.5% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

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