Gold struggles for momentum as US-Iran tensions, hawkish Fed bets weigh

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The post Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP hits fresh three-week highs past 1.3400 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. British Pound hits fresh three-week highs past 1.3400 as US Dollar pulls back  The British Pound (GBP) appreciates against the US Dollar (USD) for the second consecutive day on Thursday, to hit fresh three–week highs right above 1.3400. The Greenback’s pullback following the release of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) minutes and rumours about the resumption of the US-Iran negotiations are keeping the pair buoyed. The US and Iran traded attacks for the second consecutive day on Thursday, but risk aversion remains contained so far, with markets hopeful that the negotiations will continue. US President Donald Trump affirmed earlier on Thursday that Tehran “wants to make a deal so badly,” which suggests that the peace talks might resume soon. Read more… GBP/USD Price Forecast: Holds a constructive bullish tone above 1.3400 as UK political risk eases The GBP/USD pair

Prolonged inflation control efforts may sustain pressure on risk assets, affecting investment strategies and economic growth projections. The post Federal Reserve’s Williams emphasizes restoring inflation to 2% target, signaling prolonged pressure on risk assets appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post The Fed’s New Money-Laundering Rule Has A Loophole Built In appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Federal Reserve published a sweeping proposal to rewrite how it polices anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist-financing (AML/CFT) programs at the banks it supervises. Getty Images Somewhere between $800 billion and $2 trillion in dirty money moves through the global financial system every year, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime — and authorities manage to freeze less than 1% of it. Banks are the pipeline. The 2020 “FinCEN Files” leak, which exposed $2 trillion in transactions flagged internally as suspicious yet processed anyway, made that uncomfortably clear. So when the Federal Reserve published a sweeping proposal on July 7 to rewrite how it polices anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist-financing (AML/CFT) programs at the banks it supervises, the stakes were never in question. What’s in question is whether the rule actually raises the bar — or quietly

The post Aluminium: Price outlook shifts lower as market rebalances – TD Securities appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. TD Securities strategists have downgraded its Aluminium price outlook as supply recovers and demand softens. They now expect Aluminium to average $3,378/t in 2026 and $3,281/t in 2027, projecting smaller deficits and a move toward market balance while still ruling out a major rout. Prices seen lower but supported “Speedier Middle East smelter ramp-ups, increased Indonesian supply, robust Chinese semi-fabricated exports, and weaker demand have prompted TD Commodity Strategy to downgrade our aluminium price outlook. As the market moves closer to supply-demand balance next year, we expect prices to average $3,378/t in 2026 and $3,281/t in 2027, down 5.0% and 9.8% from the previous forecast.” “We now project deficits of 1.2 million tonnes and 234 thousand tonnes in 2026 and 2027, respectively. This stands in sharp contrast to the earlier consensus view of a 2.5-3.0 milli