2025.12.29 2025.12.29 US Dollar Sets Stage For Recovery. Forecast as of 29.12.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Strong US economic data could trigger a pullback in the EUR/USD pair. Rising Treasury yields, fueled by fears of spiralling inflation, will likely bolster the US dollar. Let’s discuss this topic and make a trading plan. The article covers the following subjects:…
Here is the expiries board for the remainder of the year. And as you would guess it, overall activity is rather sparse amid the lack of liquidity and interest during the holiday period. The only relevant one today is highlighted in bold below. But on a day like this, I wouldn’t attach much significance –…
The defining narrative in the foreign exchange market for 2025 is a tug of war between “US exceptionalism – US dollar strong” and “US debasement – US dollar weak”. At the start of 2025, market consensus leaned heavily toward a bearish outlook for the US dollar, anchored on the new Trump administration’s aggressive fiscal agenda….
The Australian Dollar (AUD) rises against the US Dollar (USD), reaching a 14-month high of 0.6727 on Monday. The AUD/USD pair strengthens as the Aussie Dollar finds support amid growing expectations of interest rate hikes from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The RBA’s December Meeting Minutes indicated that board members are becoming less confident…
Introduction Indonesia is set to undertake a major reform of its financial market infrastructure by revamping the benchmark interest rates used in its domestic money market. This initiative, led by the country’s central bank, represents a strategic shift away from traditional quote-based benchmarks toward a more transparent and reliable system rooted in actual market transactions….
Christmas Day/Boxing Day/Weekend: TL;DR summary: Silver hit fresh record highs above US$83 before a sharp pullback, with volatility driven by strong industrial demand and supply concerns Elon Musk warned higher silver prices are problematic for industry, highlighting EVs’ heavy reliance on the metal China industrial profits slumped 13.1% y/y in November, underscoring persistent deflation and…
Silver price (XAG/USD) retraces to near $75.00 in the Asian trading session on Monday from its all-time high of $84.03 posted in opening trading hours. The white metal gives up its intraday gains and turns slightly negative as United States (US) President Donald Trump has signaled progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. US…
TL;DR summary: Elon Musk flags concern over potential silver supply restrictions Social media claims point to tighter Chinese export controls from 2026 Silver is critical for EVs, electronics and renewable technologies China dominates global silver supply chains Markets alert to parallels with rare earth export curbs – Silver prices have attracted renewed volatility after comments…
USD/JPY loses ground after registering modest gains in the previous session, trading around 156.20 during the Asian hours on Monday. The pair weakens after the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) Summary of Opinions from the December policy meeting reinforced expectations of continued tightening in 2026, supporting Japanese Yen (JPY) stabilization, sustaining upward pressure on JGB yields,…
Friday’s close was 7.0063. Since then: Added: the People’s Bank of China injects 482.3bn yuan via 7-day reverse repos in open market operations, rate remains 1.4% after maturities today the net injections in 415bn yuan – The People’s Bank of China daily USD/CNY reference rate is a fixing that remains one of the most closely…