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GBP/USD stays weak near 1.3250 in European trading on Tuesday, reversing a part of the previous day's advance to a one-week high. The pair ditches a three-day winning streak, undermined by the USD/JPY upsurge-led broad US Dollar rebound. US jobs data in next in focus.
EUR/USD remains in the red near 1.1400 in early Europe on Tuesday, snapping a three-day winning streak amid a firmer US Dollar. The pair trades with caution ahead of Germany's preliminary inflation readings and the US JOLTS Job Openings Survey.
Gold builds on its intraday recovery from the lowest level since November 2025, touched earlier this Tuesday, and climbs to the top end of its daily range heading into the European session. Any meaningful appreciation still seems elusive in the wake of a broadly firmer US Dollar. Against the backdrop of renewed Mideast tensions, mixed signals on US-Iran talks assist the USD to stall its recent pullback from the highest level since May 2025.
Ripple (XRP) trades around the key $1.00 psychological level, consolidating as the token awaits its next directional catalyst. Stellar (XLM) extends its recovery above $0.178 after posting modest gains at the start of this week.
When talking about central bank independence, most of the focus has been on Donald Trump’s pressure on the Federal Reserve. But a similar story, a quieter one for now, seems to be happening on the other side of the Pacific: Japan’s government may be testing the Bank of Japan’s independence.
Financial markets could find an important catalyst in the enchanting, fairytale-like landscape of Sintra this week. The ECB Forum will, as it does every year, gather the crème de la crème of central banks. The new boss at the Fed, who has clearly said that the Fed should stop explaining everything, will need to talk – and traders should listen.
