Dollar Gets Yields Boost as Middle East and Trade Wars Raise Inflation Stakes

24/07/2026

The dollar was underpinned by higher US Treasury yields on Friday and hovered near a 40-year peak against the yen, as a spike in oil prices and a renewed global trade war raised the stakes for inflat

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Dollar 'steady' on safe-haven demand

20/07/2026

The dollar was flat on Friday, but ended the week lower as tame US inflation data led traders to cut bets on imminent rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Iran and the United States exchanged intensi

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Dollar Set for Weekly Drop as Traders Trim Wagers on Rate Hikes

17/07/2026

The dollar held steady on Friday but was poised for a weekly decline as a tame US inflation report this week led traders to cut bets on imminent rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, although escalati

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Europe's digital euro: What it is and how it would work

14/07/2026

Talks between the European Parliament, European governments and the European Commission on rules for a digital euro begin on Monday, three years after the legislation was first proposed.

The

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Dollar jumps on renewed Middle East attacks, Hormuz closure

13/07/2026

The dollar ?jumped against most of its peers as a renewal of conflict in the Middle East fanned inflation fears and the prospect of rate hikes from central ?banks increased.

Against the yen,

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