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EUR/HUF: Forint carry to face NBH test – ING
ING’s Frantisek Taborsky highlights a light CEE data calendar but focuses on Hungary, where the National Bank of Hungary is expected to restart its cutting cycle with a 25bp move to 6.25%.
Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD rallies 4% as trade war fears drive safe-haven flows
Silver surged alongside Gold on Monday as a confluence of trade policy upheaval and geopolitical risk sent investors into hard assets.
Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD political risk tempers data-driven support
The Pound Sterling faces selling pressure against its major currency peers during the European trading session on Monday after dovish comments on interest rates from Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Alan Taylor in a fireside chat at Deutsche Bank in London. Read more...
The next level of resistance on NIO
NIO has put together a strong move off its recent lows this month, gaining more than 18% over the course of just a few trading days. From a technicals perspective, this has been a clean and steady push higher, with price consistently marching upward rather than spiking erratically.
OLB stock’s trendline rejection sends a clear message
The OLB Group, Inc. ($OLB) — a fintech company providing payment processing and merchant services solutions — just handed traders one of the cleaner technical signals we've seen on this chart in some time.
United States Factory Orders (MoM) registered at -0.7%, below expectations (1.1%) in December
United States Factory Orders (MoM) registered at -0.7%, below expectations (1.1%) in December
EUR/JPY trades lower as investors await Eurozone inflation, BoJ rate signals
EUR/JPY trades around 182.50 on Monday at the time of writing, down 0.15% on the day, as market participants adopt a wait-and-see approach ahead of key macroeconomic releases in Europe and Japan.
US: Confidence and PCE in focus – TD Securities
TD Securities highlights PPI and consumer confidence as the key US data this week, with January PPI feeding into PCE forecasts.
EUR/USD: Bearish Dollar view to lift pair toward 1.22 – ING
ING’s FX team maintains a bearish Dollar baseline for 2026, expecting lower front-end US rates and softer US growth in the second half of the year to support EUR/USD.
Euro area: Inflation risks tilt higher beyond 2026 – Nomura
Nomura’s Andrzej Szczepaniak expects Euro area HICP inflation to average just below the ECB’s 2.0% target in H1 2026, mainly on energy base effects, with little surprise versus consensus.
Gold rises to three-week high as US tariffs and Iran tensions boost demand
Gold (XAU/USD) jumps to a three-week high on Monday as fresh uncertainty over United States (US) trade policy and escalating tensions between the US and Iran boost safe-haven demand. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading around $5,150, up nearly 1.0% on the day.
GBP/JPY drifts within two-week range as BoE easing expectations build
GBP/JPY trades with a mild negative bias on Monday, as a market holiday in Japan and a sparse UK economic calendar keep liquidity thin.
USD: Structural drags versus patient Fed – BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes the Dollar started the week softer after the US Supreme Court tariff ruling, but stresses this move is not yet decisive.
United States Chicago Fed National Activity Index : -0.21 (December) vs previous -0.04
United States Chicago Fed National Activity Index : -0.21 (December) vs previous -0.04
US: Tariff reset shapes Dollar outlook – NBC
National Bank of Canada’s (NBC) Angelo Katsoras and Jocelyn Paquet analyze how the Supreme Court ruling and subsequent White House response reshape US trade policy. They note the effective tariff rate briefly fell before a new 15% Section 122 tariff restored most of the prior burden.
United States Chicago Fed National Activity Index increased to 0.18 in December from previous -0.04
United States Chicago Fed National Activity Index increased to 0.18 in December from previous -0.04
CHF: Safe haven strength and SNB dilemmas – Rabobank
Rabobank’s Jane Foley highlights renewed Swiss Franc strength at the top of the G10 table following tariff-related uncertainty, underlining Switzerland’s classic safe haven credentials.
US index futures desk report: ES leads while Dow tests pivot and Nasdaq pressures support
London mid-session shows a mixed index-futures structure ahead of New York, with S&P 500 futures above CP/POC, Dow futures below pivot, and Nasdaq futures testing lower-gate support.
JPY: Fiscal stance points to BoJ hike – MUFG
Derek Halpenny at MUFG argues that PM Takaichi’s focus on defence, economic security and investment-led growth, alongside efforts to move away from supplementary budgets, is supportive of a gradual BoJ policy normalisation.
EUR/GBP trades sideways as investors await Eurozone CPI and German GDP
EUR/GBP extends its range-bound trade on Monday, consolidating recent losses as repeated rejections near the multi-month resistance around 0.8750 continue to cap the upside.
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