US President Donald Trump said that he doing ‘really good’ in an interview with FOX News this Friday. Key quotes “The first lady doing really good. “May do public events before Saturday.” “May try do a rally on Saturday probably in Florida.” more to come ...

FOMC members at July 28-29 meeting voice concern on the depth of virus economic fallout. Members are skeptical about yield curve control, the setting of longer-term rates through Treasury purchase and sales, Joseph Trevisani, an analyst at FXStreet reports. Key quotes “Members were duly pessimistic

The weaker US dollar is a boon for the kiwi, not that a boon is what is being sought right now. The RBNZ for one would like the currency lower. The NZD has been an underperformer over past weeks, but it has shaken that off so far this week to get back to 0.66.   The NZ government has shown itself to

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By the end of Wednesday’s jostling over the much-awaited stimulus, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows sounds disappointed and highlighted US President Donald Trump’s readiness to use executive orders to overcome the policy deadlock. Key quotes Will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sena

Goldman Sachs has warned that the US dollar's reign as the world's reserve currency is coming under threat, as evidenced by the recent surge in gold's rally.  Indeed, the greenback faces several risks in the form of twin deficits, Federal Reserve's aggressive money printing, increased political unce

The Indonesia stock market on Wednesday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had picked up almost 50 points or 1 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now rests just above the 5,075-point plateau although it figures to rebound on Thursday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is upbeat o

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will likely parliament's approval to boost spending by about 10 billion euros ($11 billion) to revive the sagging economy, government officials said on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.  The proposal would boost Italy's budget deficit to 11% of its gross domestic

USD/JPY drops from intraday high after an initial positive reaction to Japan’s downbeat trade numbers. Japan’s May month trade figures follow the footsteps of weak Reuters Tankan Survey readings. The market’s risk-tone sentiment remains mildly positive after the previous day’s upbeat performance. Fe