What’s up with the market whiplash these days? One day, prices are soaring because of geopolitical fear; the next, they crash on hopes of a truce. It’s confusing, it’s noisy, and it’s still mostly centered around the ongoing trade struggle between the U.S. and China. Over the past few days, financial headlines highlighted a fresh round of aggressive tariffs…
Freddie Mac is reporting that the 30 year fixed-rate mortgage rate averaged 6.19% in the October 23 week. That is down from 6.27% last week and is the lowest since October 3 week. The 10 year yield moved to a low yesterday at 3.936% which was the lowest level going back to April 7. The yield today is back…
United States Kansas Fed Manufacturing Activity up to 15 in October from previous 4
2025.10.23 2025.10.23 Precious Metals Switch Roles. Forecast as of 23.10.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Although XPTUSD quotes have been rising faster than XAUUSD and XAGUSD, platinum has long remained in the shadow of gold and silver. By late October, however, the situation changed as investors began seeking alternatives and found one in the white metal. Let’s discuss it and make a…
U.K. inflation held steady at 3.8% y/y in September, unexpectedly coming in below the 4.0% forecast by economists and the Bank of England (BOE). The largest downward contributions came from food and non-alcoholic beverages, where inflation fell to 4.5% from 5.1% in August, marking the first slowdown since March. Recreation and culture prices also helped ease pressure, while transport…
Headlines: Markets: AUD leads, JPY lags on the day European equities mixed; S&P 500 futures down 0.2% US 10-year yields up 3.6 bps to 3.99% Gold up 0.4% to $4,112.55 WTI crude oil up 3.7% to $61.56 Bitcoin up 1.2% to $109,008 The session was a relatively quiet one though the market moves were fairly modest. There weren’t any…
GBP/USD Forecast: Pound Sterling remains fragile GBP/USD struggles to stage a rebound and trades in a narrow channel at around 1.3350 after closing the previous four trading days in negative territory. As investors await the key September Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the United States, which will be published on Friday, the technical outlook suggests that the bearish bias remains…
2025.10.23 2025.10.23 The Dollar vs the Fed: Who’s Right This Time? Forecast as of 23.10.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Playing tag with the Fed is investors’ favorite pastime. However, rising US inflation suggests that the central bank might actually be right this time — and that’s good news for the dollar. Let’s explore it and make a trading plan for EUR/USD. The…
With official U.S. data releases pushed back a couple of weeks already, market players are likely itching to find out how the economy fared in the past month. Expectations for the September CPI are pointing to another 0.4% monthly uptick in price pressures, possibly bringing the annual reading up to 3.0%. Here’s what to expect in…
Financial market situation was characterized by low volatility in the third quarter of 2025. Signs of a cooling in the US labour market increased market expectations of a further easing of monetary policy in the US. The governing board concluded that the current implementation of monetary policy was appropriate under various scenarios and should therefore be maintained. US tariffs…
