EURUSD Trims Earlier Gains as Clock Ticks Down to NFP

Markets German bunds underperformed US Treasuries today. We should speak in the conditional tense though because there’s still the $44 bn 7-yr auction scheduled after the European close. A mediocre 2-yr and 5-yr sale yesterday triggered additional losses for Treasuries and was the reason for European/German yields to catch up straight at the open. German […]

On 9 August, our analysis of the long-term BTC/USD chart noted that Bitcoin’s price was at a crossroads, moving within the bounds of two channels: → A bullish channel (shown in blue), which began forming in 2023 on the back of Bitcoin ETF approval rumours; → A bearish channel (shown in red), which started taking […]

The ISM Manufacturing Index slipped further into contractionary territory in May, dipping to 48.7 from 49.2 in April, disappointing expectations for a marginal gain. The contraction also became more broad based, with 55% of manufacturing GDP having contracted in May, up from 34% in April. Demand slowing was reflected by the new orders index dropping […]