DXY & Forex

According to traders, India's central bank may sell U.S. dollars through state-owned banks to support the Indian rupee today. The rupee traded at 96.31 against the dollar, recovering from an intraday low

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, USDKRW (US Dollar vs South Korean won) has surged by 1% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

Japan’s 30-year government bond yield broke above 4% in May, the first time since 1999. In the first quarter of 2026, Japanese investors sold about $29.6 billion worth of U.S. Treasuries. Market analyst Catalina Castro warned on X that Japan’s selling of U.S. Treasuries could trigger a domino effect: the XRP cross-border settlement mechanism could, in theory, release an estimated $27 trillion to $37 trillion of trapped funds in global accounts. Japan bond market pressure: confirmed market data J

China's Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR) declined overnight, with overnight SHIBOR falling to 1.2650%, down 0.1 basis point; 7-day SHIBOR decreased to 1.3200%, down 0.2 basis points; and 3-month SHIBOR dropped to 1.4040%, down 0.1 basis point.

According to DBS Bank's chief economist Ma Tieying, on Monday Prime Minister Ishiba Sakura directed Japan's Finance Ministry to draft a supplementary budget in response to potential economic impacts from Middle East tensions. The proposed fiscal stimulus is estimated between 3

Indonesian rupiah declined to a record low of 17,690 against the U.S. dollar in early trading today (May 19).

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia's meeting minutes on May 19, the central bank raised its official cash rate to 4.35% in its third consecutive rate hike, with eight of nine board members voting in favor. The RBA stated the hike will provide space to monitor how households and businesses

Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded slightly from the overnight low, trading around $76,840 as of May 19. Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may issue as early as this week an “innovative exemption” rule for tokenized stocks. Echo Protocol suffered an attack on the Monad chain; after hackers minted 1,000 eBTC, they withdrew funds via Curvance. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots 1、According to Bloomberg, insiders revealed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SE

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia's May meeting minutes, the central bank raised interest rates, expressing increased confidence that the move will help return core inflation toward the 2.5% target. The RBA noted that tighter financial conditions may follow the rate increase, while

Japan's Minister of Economy, Finance and Fiscal Policy Minoru Kiuchi said on May 19 that this year's wage negotiations show strong momentum, with working conditions improving.

The Reserve Bank of Australia will release its May monetary policy meeting minutes today (May 19). The decision on official interest rates is expected to be announced within the hour.

The People's Bank of China conducted a 500 million yuan 7-day reverse repurchase operation today. Both the tender amount and successful bid amount were 500 million yuan, with an operating rate of 1.40%, unchanged from the previous operation.

China's yuan (CNY) strengthened against the U.S. dollar today, with the central parity rate set at 6.8375, up 60 basis points from the previous trading day's rate of 6.8435.

According to Jin10, USD/JPY hit 159 today, up 0.13% intraday.

Japan's private consumption in the first quarter grew at a seasonally adjusted 0.3% quarter-on-quarter, exceeding the market forecast of 0.2%. The prior quarter's figure was revised downward to zero percent from an initially

Japan's net exports contributed 0.3 percentage points to first-quarter GDP growth on a quarterly basis, exceeding economist forecasts of 0.1 percentage points, according to official economic data released in

Japan's Q1 GDP deflator (seasonally adjusted initial reading) came in at 3.4% year-over-year, beating economist expectations of 3.1% and matching the prior quarter's 3.4% reading.

According to China International Capital (CICC), the U.S. Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut interest rates for the remainder of 2026, as inflation remains elevated above the central bank's 2% target. CICC's latest report forecasts U.S. PCE inflation will stay above 3.5% for the full year, with

According to New Zealand's statistics authority, the country's first-quarter import producer price index (PPI) increased 1.4% quarter-on-quarter, rebounding from a contraction of 0.50% in the previous quarter.

According to Jin10, the U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against six major currencies, declined 0.09% to close at 99.192 on May 19. The euro rose to 1.1637 USD, the pound to 1.3411 USD, and the Japanese yen weakened to 159.01 per USD.