DXY & Forex

On August 14, weak US economic data dampened Federal Reserve rate hike expectations, driving gains in gold and foreign currencies. July retail sales contracted 0.6% month-over-month, below the 0.1% consensus forecast, while the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index fell sharply from 55.2 t

According to the CFTC, for the week ending August 11, speculators reduced their net short positions in CBOT 5-year Treasury futures by 84,963 contracts, bringing the total to 1,240,756 contracts.

According to Jin10, the US Dollar Index fell 0.3% to close at 99.667 on August 14. Against major currencies, the euro strengthened to 1.1566 USD from 1.1529 USD, while the British pound rose to 1.3533 USD from 1.3485 USD. The Japanese yen, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, and Swedish krona all firmed a

Bond markets are now responding more to geopolitical risk and inflation than to traditional signals such as US economic growth, according to AlphaSimplex Group strategist Kathryn Kaminski. Kaminski told Bloomberg Television on Friday that a breakdown in cross-asset correlations has made

According to AlphaSimplex Group strategist Kathryn Kaminski on Friday, bond market correlations have weakened as fixed-income assets respond more to inflation and geopolitical risk than traditional growth signals. In short-term measurements, bonds are now more closely correlated

French government bonds led a sharp selloff across the Eurozone today, with the France-Germany 10-year spread widening 3 basis points to 84 basis points, its widest level since October. Italy-Germany 10-year spreads also expanded 2 basis points to 78 basis points. French 30-year yields climbed to th

According to a Newsmax interview on August 14, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent forecasted that U.S. inflation would converge toward the Federal Reserve's 2% target. Core inflation reached 2.5% in July, Bessent noted, describing the figure as "very, very good" and evidence of progress toward th

According to Federal Reserve Chicago President Austan Goolsbee, the central bank's decision to hold interest rates steady in July remains appropriate. Goolsbee flagged recent weak productivity data as a potential concern, noting that persistent low productivity could force the Fed to reassess

The Federal Reserve announced it will halt reserve management purchases (RMP) of U.S. Treasury securities through its monthly operations ending September 14, marking the first pause since the program launched in December 2025. During this period, the Fed will continue reinvestment purchases of

China's central bank injected a net 348 billion yuan, approximately $51.7 billion, into its banking system on Friday through overnight reverse repos, marking the first mid-month use of this tool by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), according to Bloomberg. Bitcoin fell 1.7% following the

According to Bloomberg, China's central bank injected a net 348 billion yuan (approximately $51.7 billion) into its banking system on Friday, August 14, through overnight reverse repos, the first mid-month use of this tool in its history. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.7% on the day. The People's Bank of Chin

On August 14, 2026, from 15:15 to 15:30 UTC, BTC rebounded 0.23% in the short term, recovering some of its losses to around 62,852.3 USDT, with an intraday amplitude of 0.26%. Earlier, BTC briefly fell below the round-number level of $63,000, with its 24-hour decline reaching 1.12% and touching a low of $62,538, indicating an overall high-level pullback. The main drivers of this move were the convergence of rising geopolitical risks and increasingly hawkish expectations for the Fed. The U.S.-Ira

According to Union Infomatics, U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rose to 4.649% on August 14 (ET) morning as of 9:07 AM, up 0.90 basis points from the previous day's close. The yields initially fell after July retail sales data disappointed, declining to 4.625% as markets digested a 0.6% monthly

According to Jin10, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) fell to its lowest level since May this week, marking the sixth weekly decline within seven weeks. The drop was triggered by weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales data, which prompted traders to lower expectations for interest rate hikes in 2026.

According to Bloomberg, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on August 13, demanding the Trump administration explain the rationale for its yen market intervention. In her letter, Warren stated the government has yet to provide detailed justification or formally di

According to Yonhapinfomax, on August 14, USD-KRW fell to 1,411.50 won, down 7.90 won from the previous close. The dollar weakened as U.S. July consumer prices matched expectations and July producer prices came in softer, reducing the odds of a September rate hike. Foreign investors also

Housing investors reported their lowest confidence levels in at least three years at the end of June, according to the RCN Capital/CJ Patrick Company Investor Sentiment Index (ISI). The quarterly survey of more than 300 investors in the fix-and-flip and rental businesses showed sentiment fell for th

In August, the initial reading of U.S. five-to-ten-year inflation expectations came in at 3.3%, matching both the forecast and the previous reading of 3.30%, according to market data.

The U.S. one-year inflation rate expectation came in at 4.3% in August, exceeding the forecast of 4.2% and slightly above the prior reading of 4.20%.