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BBVA FX Team
BBVA Group
Nuestro departamento adapta el análisis económico a las necesidades de un grupo bancario recientemente internacionalizado, para responder al reto de evaluar desarrollos económicos cada vez más globalizados.
GBP/USD adds to Friday’s bounce, gathering fresh traction and flirting with the 1.3270 zone on Monday, or two-day tops. Cable’s decent advance comes despite the move higher in the Greenback and investors’ assessing of UK PM K. Starmer's resignation.
EUR/USD rapidly gives back Friday’s rebound and trades with marked losses near 1.1420, or three-month lows, in the latter part of Monday’s NA session. The pair’s intensifies its retracement following the continuation of the robust upside momentum in the US Dollar. Next on tap will be preliminary PMIs the Germany and the Euroland.
Gold regains composure and leaves behind three-consecutive daily declines on Monday, looking to regain the area above the $4,200 mark per troy ounce. Reports of progress in the latest round of US-Iran talks are helping the precious metal maintain its footing at the start of the week, although the stronger Greenback seems to limit the upside potential for now.
SHIB, the dog-themed meme coin that became one of the biggest success stories in crypto and turned early buyers into crypto millionaires, is facing tough times. Its price has fallen more than 32% so far this year, and it is down 95% from its all-time high in 2021. Is SHIB simply another fading meme coin, or is the market overlooking a possible recovery story?
The rate did not move. That was the least interesting thing about Kevin Warsh's first meeting in charge of the Fed. The FOMC held its benchmark at 3.50%-3.75% for the fourth straight meeting, exactly as priced, and then the new chair used his first press conference to dismantle the machinery the market has leaned on for a decade.
