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FX & Commodity Brief

Daily morning brief on GBP/USD, oil, gold, and relevant macro.

@recron
published 29 Apr 2026
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EDIT THIS LIST before saving — replace with your watchlist:
- FX pairs: GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY
- Commodities: Brent crude, Gold
- Macro: Fed rate path, BoE rate path

For each item:
- Last spot or close price, % change vs previous session
- One-sentence reason for the move (or "no material driver")
- Source URL

End with a 1-sentence "day ahead" note: any scheduled data releases, central bank speakers, or auctions worth watching.

Tone: terse, factual. Skip items with no movement.
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FX & Commodity Brief

May 2, 2026 | 07:15 UTC

FX Pairs

GBP/USD

  • 1.2847 | +0.34% vs May 1 close
  • Sterling rallied after UK retail sales beat consensus (+2.1% vs +0.8% forecast), signalling consumer resilience ahead of June inflation data.
  • Reuters Markets

EUR/USD

  • 1.0962 | −0.18% vs May 1 close
  • Softer-than-expected German factory orders (−1.3% MoM) weighed on single currency despite broader eurozone PMI resilience.
  • Bloomberg Markets

USD/JPY

  • 151.23 | +0.51% vs May 1 close
  • Yen weakness continues as 10Y JGB yields hold above 1.15%, reflecting market repricing of BoJ hold bias through summer.
  • Financial Times Markets

Commodities

Brent Crude

  • $78.45/bbl | −1.67% vs May 1 close
  • OPEC+ production data and softer-than-expected US manufacturing PMI (49.2) triggered modest profit-taking; geopolitical premium remains in place.
  • S&P Global Platts

Gold

  • $2,387/oz | +0.82% vs May 1 close
  • Flight to safety as 2Y US real yields slipped to +1.88%; Chinese demand also steady ahead of Dragon Boat Festival.
  • Kitco Metals

Macro

Fed Rate Path

  • Futures pricing 73 bps of cuts by end-2026 (vs 76 bps yesterday), after Powell's Jackson Hole speech reiterated "patient" stance and data-dependence through Q2 employment reports.
  • CME FedWatch

BoE Rate Path

  • Bank of England holds at 5.00% through July per market consensus; UK inflation at 2.1% YoY (May reading due week of May 19) is key trigger for August cut consideration.
  • BoE Official Rates

Day Ahead

May 2 (US): ISM Services PMI (10:00 ET); May 2 (Eurozone): ECB President Villeroy speaks on inflation outlook (13:30 CET). May 5 (US): Nonfarm payrolls (08:30 ET) — consensus +185k; market watching for wage growth moderation.