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		<title>Firm Dollar as Perceptions Regarding Middle East Stay Hopeful</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/22/firm-dollar-as-perceptions-regarding-middle-east-stay-hopeful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(134) The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell 1.1% further overnight to $74.77 per barrel. Iranian and U.S. negotiators reportedly have worked out a plan for conducting their talks over the coming 60 days. British Prime Minister Starmer made it officials that he will be stepping down as leader of the Labour Party. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coming Week&#8217;s Menu: June 20-26, 2026</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/20/coming-weeks-menu-june-20-26-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Central Banks: Interest rates to be reviewed in Hungary, Thailand, China and Mexico. Williams and Goolsbee of the Federal Reserve, as weel as Breeden, Taylor and Dhingra of the Bank of England and Hauser of the Reserve Bank of Australia have speaking engagements. A summary of the latest Bank of Japan Board meeting will get [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interest Rate Changes in Russia and Moldova</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/19/interest-rate-changes-in-russia-and-moldova/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Central Bank of Russia&#8216;s policy interest rate was sliced by just 25 basis points to 14.25%. The street consensus forecast had been greater since there had been a trio of 50-basis point declines earlier in 2026 preceded by five percentage points of cuts done in the final seven months of 2025. However, monetary officials [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bumps in the Path of Full Middle Eastern Peace</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/19/bumps-in-the-path-of-full-middle-eastern-peace/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[German PPI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the United States, neither banks nor  stock market trading will be open on this federal holiday of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery 161 years ago. Elsewhere, there have been setbacks in the Middle Eastern peace process. The 14-point memorandum of understanding was signed earlier in France, and no talks between Iran and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interest Rate Hikes in Indonesia, the Philippines and Czech Republic but a Cut in Brazil</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/18/interest-rate-hikes-in-indonesia-the-philippines-and-czech-republic-but-a-cut-in-brazil/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bank Indonesia&#8217;s 25-basis point rate hike to 5.75% followed an unscheduled review just eight days earlier and an initial tightening done in May. The haste implied by this sequence of increases totaling a full percentage point has been motivated by inflation of 3.1% that exceeds the 2.5% target mid-point but even more so by the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump Eating Crow After Getting Less Than He Wanted from Iran War and the Federal Reserve</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump signed a memo of understanding with Iran to end the war with Iran, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and allow for a period of 60 days to address Iran&#8217;s nuclear program and hammer out remaining disagreements. While this signing is viewed as an important step toward reestablishing the supply of energy and other [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>FOMC Preview</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/17/fomc-preview-82/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a peak of 5.25-5.50%, the federal funds target was lowered in two waves that occurred at the final three scheduled monetary policy reviews of 2024 and 2025. The first wave amounted to a drop of 100 basis points to 4.25-4.50%, while each of the three cuts late last year had a size of 25 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Investor Attention Focused on Today&#8217;s FOMC Decision, Updated Forecasts and Chairman Kevin Warsh&#8217;s Maiden Press Conference</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/17/investor-attention-focused-on-todays-fomc-decision-updated-forecasts-and-chairman-kevin-warshs-maiden-press-conference/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[World financial markets not surprisingly marked time overnight. There has been a disconnection between, on the one hand, a euphoric investment community reaction on Monday and Tuesday to Sunday&#8217;s news of an interim deal between Iran and the United States that is supposed to get signed Friday in Geneva and the parade of foreign policy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bank of Japan Lifts Short-Term Interest Rate in Expected Move</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/16/bank-of-japan-lifts-short-term-interest-rate-in-expected-move/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan Board&#8217;s 25-basis point interest rate hike had been anticipated. Governor Ueda was absent from the five hour nine minute monetary policy review over two days because he&#8217;s been hospitalized for an infected liver cyst. Deputy Governor Himino chaired the discussion, which ended with one dissent against the hike that was cast [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Post-Deal Optimism Holding</title>
		<link>https://currencythoughts.com/2026/06/16/post-deal-optimism-holding/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[larrygreenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Much still remains unknown regarding the future evolution of U.S.-Iran talks, but yesterday&#8217;s rally in equities and decline of long-term interest rates following the announced interim deal has persisted. Stock markets this Tuesday rose 4.1% in Indonesia, 2.1% in South Korea, 0.9% in Taiwan but just 0.1% in Japan where Bank of Japan officials hiked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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