SARB tightening and fiscal risks – BNY

BNY’s Bob Savage argues that South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is likely to lead emerging market tightening as South Africa reverses its easing path and hikes the repo rate back to 7.0%. The report notes improving inflows and mining-related support for South African Rand (ZAR), but stresses that higher U.S. yields and Fed policy set the bar, requiring more…

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US Dollar Slips as US-Iran Deal Hopes Grow. Forecast as of 25.05.2026

2026.05.25 2026.05.25 US Dollar Slips as US-Iran Deal Hopes Grow. Forecast as of 25.05.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ The US dollar rose amid expectations of a Fed rate hike, but the Washington-Tehran agreement may lead to a sharp decline. The speculators who bought the greenback will now sell it. Let’s discuss this topic and make a trading plan for the EUR/USD…

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Litecoin Is Still Around. Here’s Why Traders Keep Watching It

Litecoin doesn’t get the same room noise as Bitcoin. It doesn’t have Ethereum’s developer drama, Solana’s speed narrative, or the meme-cycle energy that keeps newer tokens popping up on trading desks for a week and disappearing the next. And yet, LTC keeps showing up. It’s still listed almost everywhere. It still trades with real liquidity. It still gets watched…

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Huawei targets 1.4nm chip density by 2031 with new design law to beat US sanctions

Huawei says it expects to design chips with transistor density equivalent to 1.4nm processes by 2031 using a new scaling principle that sidesteps the need for advanced lithography tools restricted by US sanctions. Summary: Source: Huawei statement and keynote address at the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Shanghai Huawei unveiled the Tau Scaling Law, a new…

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New Zealand Dollar inches lower as NZIER backs steady OCR

NZD/USD depreciates after opening at a higher level from the previous close, still remaining in the positive territory and trading around 0.5870 during the Asian hours on Monday. The New Zealand Dollar struggles against the US Dollar (USD) after a majority of the NZIER shadow board members backed holding New Zealand’s Official Cash Rate at 2.25% on the May…

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Gold climbs above $4,550 on US‑Iran deal hopes

Gold price (XAU/USD) rises to near $4,570 during the early Asian trading hours on Monday. The precious metal attracts some buyers on weaker US Dollar (USD) after the reports that the United States (US) and Iran are closing in on a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg reported on Sunday that Washington and Tehran have signaled progress…

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