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		<title>Oil Price Higher on News from Middle East</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/13/oil-price-higher-on-news-from-middle-east/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fresh military strikes in Iran war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian CPI and current account]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[(131) U.S. and Iranian officials are telling different narratives about latest developments in their war. What is known is that the opponents have traded strikes again. Iran claims the Strait of Hormuz is closed, while U.S. officials claim traffic through the passage is happening. When in doubt, it pays to watch what the price of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Next Week&#8217;s Menu: July 11-17, 2026</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/10/next-weeks-menu-july-11-17-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Central Banks: The Bank of Korea and Bank of Canada will be conducting reviews of monetary policy. Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh testifies on monetary policy and the U.S. economy before the House Banking Committee on Tuesday and the Senate Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. The Fed Beige Book and Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Financial Markets Continuing to Take Tense Middle East Situation in Stride &#8212; What We Worry?</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/10/financial-markets-continuing-to-take-tense-middle-east-situation-in-stride-what-we-worry/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian labor statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Reserve Bank of Peru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French and German CPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New IMF growth forecasts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The dollar dipped marginally overnight. Its most significant declines are drops of 0.3% against the yen and kiwi. The yen continues to get support from feared forex intervention, and Finance Minister Katayama is promoting plans to foster greater demand for JGBs. The Japanese 10-year government bond yield sank 13 basis points in Friday&#8217;s session. Among [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Investors Again Look Past Middle East Follies</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/09/investors-again-look-past-middle-east-follies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese CPI and PPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German trade surplus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese machine tool orderes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United States and Iran for a second straight day exchanged military strikes. Unlike Wednesday, investors this time took to heart the time-tested axiom that spikes in geopolitical uncertainty exert only a short-term sway over world financial trends. Today&#8217;s mood was one of bottom-fishing. Ten-year sovereign debt yields backtracked four basis points in France and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interest Rate Cut in Israel</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/08/interest-rate-cut-in-israel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Bank Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Israel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the central banking front, officials at the Bank of Israel completed a review of monetary policy, and as expected cut the central bank&#8217;s interest rate for a second straight time by 25 basis points. This was the fifth reduction of that size since January 2024 and trims the interest rate at 3.50%, its lowest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Zealand Interest Rate Hike</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/08/new-zealand-interest-rate-hike-3/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Bank Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank of New Zealand]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of New Zealand&#8217;s Official Cash Rate today was lifted 25 basis points to 2.50% in an expected move that reverses a cut of that size made last November that had been the final element of a nine-step easing cycle that began in August 2024 and that totaled 325 basis points. Explaining today&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump Remarks at NATO Summit Rattle Investors</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/08/trump-remarks-at-nato-summit-rattle-investors/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trump at the NATO summit]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than a month before the negotiating window prescribed in the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and Iranian governments is supposed to end, President Trump declared the interim &#8220;ceasefire over as far as he is concerned.&#8221; He grabbed the summit spotlight in other ways, for instance calling Spain a &#8220;terrible NATO partner,&#8221; but the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Reminder that Iran Risk Still Lurks, but Market Reaction Lacks Panic</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/07/a-reminder-that-iran-risk-still-lurks-but-market-reaction-lacks-panic/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German industrial production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese and Chinese reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. and Canadian trade balances]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just six weeks remain in the 60-day negotiating window laid out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran. The past weekend had lacked the customary military craziness, but a big ship carrying energy took on fire in a reminder that investors mustn&#8217;t make assumptions that this political distraction will end with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dollar and U.S. Stock Futures Higher as First Full Week of July Gets Underway</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/06/dollar-and-u-s-stock-futures-higher-as-first-full-week-of-july-gets-underway/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British and Eruoland construction purchasing manager surveys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euroland PPI and retail sales]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[(132) The biggest dollar advances so far today are gains of 0.5% against the Japanese yen and New Zealand dollar, followed by a 0.3% rise versus the Swiss franc and South Korean won. The U.S. currency is also 0.1% firmer relative to the euro. In pre-open trading, the U.S. Nasdaq and S&#38;P 500 have strengthened [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Next Week&#8217;s Menu: July 4 &#8211; 10, 2026</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/07/03/next-weeks-menu-july-4-10-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Exchange Insights and Next Week]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economic Data Calendar]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Central Banks: Interest rate policies will be reviewed in Malaysia, Romania, Poland, Serbia, New Zealand, and Peru. FOMC minutes and the Bank of England Financial Stability Report will be published. New York Fed District President Williams, Breeden and Mann of the Bank of England, and Hunter of the Reserve Bank of Australia will be speaking [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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