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This week’s Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting went according to plan. It was hawkish—though just about as hawkish as expected. The Fed kept interest rates unchanged, as widely anticipated, and signalled it's in no rush to cut them before gathering more data to assess the real impact of the tariff policy. It believes tariffs could lead to higher inflation and higher unemployment. And even though the spike in inflation is expected to be temporary, there’s a chance it could linger.
The US 2-year yield rebounded after the decision, the probability of a June cut eased to 20%, and US equities came...

Today the Ethereum Pectra Upgrade goes live - what are the changes that it brings?

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08:05 Ripple
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The futures are in the positive this morning on news that the trade talks between the US and China could lead to progress, as the Chinese Premier will reportedly meet US Treasury Secretary Bessent later this week to discuss tariffs.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) freshly lowered its policy rate and reserve ratio today in an effort to strengthen its monetary support for the Chinese economy, which is seeing a slowdown in activity. As such, the CSI 300 is better bid this morning – the index is back to April 2nd levels, when Trump blew the world’s mind with...

The week kicked off on a bearish note for US equities as the buying that had been driven by hopes of a turnaround in trade winds over the past nine sessions is gently losing momentum.
In FX, the US dollar remains softer across the board; its rapid selloff against Asian peers was particularly in focus over the past two sessions and raised concerns about the dollar’s status as a safe haven and reserve currency.
The Federal Reserve (Fed) starts its two-day meeting with no expected change to its policy this week, while earnings are not looing bad but forecasts are...

The week begins with a sharp decline in oil prices – around 4% at the time of writing – as OPEC+ announced it would accelerate output restoration by 411K barrels per day. No one knows the motivation behind the move, but the impact on oil’s direction is clear: to the downside.
PS: Lower oil prices are obviously a straight positive for bringing inflation lower for the US and elsewhere, and potentially allow global central banks to tame the negative impact of the trade war on their respective economies. The Federal Reserve (Fed) is expected to maintain rates unchanged this week,...

The S&P 500 gained for the eighth consecutive session despite a set of soft economic data and cautious earnings forecasts. The lack of escalation in the trade war over the past week and dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations certainly explain a major part of the recent gains. But optimism remains fragile, and the Fed’s ability to help depends on the trajectory of inflation.
Today, eyes are on the US official jobs data and Big Oil earnings. While soft jobs data could temporarily fuel the dovish Fed expectations and keep investor appetite in check, disappointing results from oil giants – combined...

The bitcoin bulls are back again and are pushing prices up!

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06:17 Solana
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Market sentiment has improved following a deluge of data and earnings announcements on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, strong growth numbers were spoiled by stronger-than-expected inflation update, while in the US, terrible GDP figures were countered by a softer-than-expected PCE read.
In Japan, the Nikkei rose despite the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) downside revision for growth and worries about inflation, and the futures hint at a positive session as both Meta and Microsoft jumped after announcing their quarterly results.
All eyes are on Apple and Amazon today, after the bell.
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Donald Trump's tariff announcements injected high liquidity into the global financial markets.
In this special episode, NFG Partners' Glenn Coxon dissects Trump's tariff strategy, different outcomes and how to invest in different scenarios.
Join us for an engaging and eye-opening conversation!

Market sentiment somehow improved on news that Donald Trump would ease auto tariffs by lifting some levies on imported auto parts, and to avoid aluminium and steel levies stacking up alongside the rest of the tariffs—probably as a marketing move as he gave a speech in Michigan marking his 100 days in office. As a result, carmakers around the world and major US indices posted gains yesterday.
Part of the gains was also due to hope that US corporate earnings would be resilient to tariff uncertainty, that Scott Bessent is eyeing July 4th to pass a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut package...