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By Evie Vavasseur
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Currency Markets Stay Frozen Pre-CPI. Foreign exchange markets went nowhere fast. Major currency pairs stayed range-bound, with…
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Energy Currencies on High Alert. The Hormuz situation isn't just an oil story. Energy-dependent currencies are also exposed.
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What the CPI Print Could Change. The Federal Reserve's policy decisions are probably the single biggest variable hanging over…
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Oil jumped Monday. Traders didn't need much of a reason — the Strait of Hormuz gave them one anyway, and now crude markets are moving on nerves alone while currency desks sit on…
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The Strait of Hormuz is basically the jugular of global oil supply. A massive share of the world's crude passes through that narrow waterway, and when tensions flare there,…
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Foreign exchange markets went nowhere fast. Major currency pairs stayed range-bound, with investors reluctant to commit to anything significant before the U.S.
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The CPI release is the event everyone's circling. Inflation figures from the U.S. carry enormous weight right now because they feed directly into expectations about what the…
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Asia's forex markets reflected the same mood — steady, limited volatility, major currencies sitting tight. The restrained activity isn't surprising.
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The Hormuz situation isn't just an oil story. Energy-dependent currencies are also exposed. Any real disruption to supply routes through that waterway would ripple fast into…
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And that's the tricky part right now — markets are juggling two separate pressure points at once. Geopolitical risk in the Middle East on one side. U.S. economic data on the other.
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Read also: Dollar Holds Flat in Asia as Traders Brace for U.S. CPI Print
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The dollar's flat performance ahead of the CPI release fits the pattern. Currencies tend to compress into tight ranges before major data events, and the inflation report…
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It's worth noting that the Strait of Hormuz has triggered oil market anxiety before. This kind of geopolitical sensitivity around critical energy chokepoints isn't new.
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Until then, the market is in a kind of suspended state. Oil traders are edgy. Currency traders are cautious.
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See also: Bitcoin Hits August Peak at $65,420 as CPI and PPI Data Loom Large
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