{"id":541,"date":"2026-08-24T15:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forexsource.net\/community-post\/forex-market-brief-for-24-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:06:24","slug":"forex-market-brief-for-24-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"community-post","link":"https:\/\/forexsource.net\/community-post\/forex-market-brief-for-24-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex market brief for 24 August 2026:"},"content":{"rendered":"The US dollar is softer near the 99 level. Concerns about the fiscal outlook, uncertainty around Fed policy, and plans to double long-end Treasury buybacks to 4 billion dollars per operation are weighing on sentiment.<\/p>\n
The euro is firmer after Eurozone manufacturing PMI reached 52.8, although weak German and French services data limit the upside.<\/p>\n
Sterling is mixed: UK services remain resilient, but July retail sales fell 0.5% month-on-month.<\/p>\n
The Canadian dollar is supported by stronger-than-expected retail sales, which rose 0.6% in June versus 0.4% expected.<\/p>\n
The Australian dollar is in focus ahead of Tuesday\u2019s RBA minutes, which may clarify the hike-versus-hold debate. One currency-strength update favours buying AUD and NZD against selected currencies.<\/p>\n
Main risk this week: Jackson Hole and any change in Fed-rate <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The US dollar is softer near the 99 level. Concerns about the fiscal outlook, uncertainty around Fed policy, and plans to double long-end Treasury buybacks to 4 billion dollars per operation are weighing on sentiment. The euro is firmer after Eurozone manufacturing PMI reached 52.8, although weak German and French services data limit the upside. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","community-forum":[25],"class_list":["post-541","community-post","type-community-post","status-publish","hentry","community-forum-forum-today"],"tpgb_featured_images":null,"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"August 24, 2026","get_modified_date":"August 24, 2026","category_list":{"community-forum":[{"term_id":25,"name":"Forum: Today","slug":"forum-today","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"community-forum","description":"This forum group is created for the space: Today","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw"}]},"author_name":"ForexSource","author_url":"https:\/\/forexsource.net\/author\/adnanark786\/","author_email":"addy.rehman.uae@gmail.com","author_website":"https:\/\/forexsource.net","author_description":"","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator","suredash_user"],"author_firstname":"","author_lastname":"","user_login":"adnanark786","author_avatar":"
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