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Futures Jump After Overnight Rollercoaster Session As Oil Unexpectedly Tumbles, Yen Soars
Futures Jump After Overnight Rollercoaster Session As Oil Unexpectedly Tumbles, Yen Soars
Futures erase an overnight slide, and have resumed their ascent trading near all time highs, despite a hawkish Fed statement but stronger Mag7 earnings. The hawkish Fed followed by a less hawkish press conference, plus the news that Powell is staying on seemingly removing a cut, actually have bond yields lower pre-mkt by 2-4bp as the Dollar weakens on what appears to be BOJ intervention which has sent the USDJPY plunging most since 2022. As of 8:00am ET,...
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World's most important oil price hits record high as Trump threatens Iran: "make a deal before it's too late"
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