Dollar strength is the dominant thread today: the Fed\u2019s 25bp cut on Sept 17 and the BOJ\u2019s hike to 1.25% on Sept 18 (seen as less hawkish than feared) have left EUR\/USD pinned near multi\u2013month lows, while oil extends its slide on Iran diplomacy hopes.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf0f Asian Markets<\/strong> \ud83d\udcb5 EUR\/USD<\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 Gold (XAU\/USD)<\/strong> \ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Brent Crude<\/strong> \ud83d\udccc Watch today: any UN General Assembly headlines on Iran, and follow\u2013through in the dollar after the Fed\/BOJ divergence.<\/p>\n NordFX Morning Update \u2014 September 22, 2026<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dollar strength is the dominant thread today: the Fed\u2019s 25bp cut on Sept 17 and the BOJ\u2019s hike to 1.25% on Sept 18 (seen as less hawkish than feared) have left EUR\/USD pinned near multi\u2013month lows, while oil extends its slide on Iran diplomacy hopes. \ud83c\udf0f Asian Markets Hang Seng +1.18% to 25,043, Shanghai Composite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":231787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=231786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/231787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=231786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=231786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=231786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Hang Seng +1.18% to 25,043, Shanghai Composite +0.82%\u200a\u2014\u200aboth closed higher Monday on tech and AI\u2013infrastructure optimism. Tokyo remains shut for Respect for the Aged Day through Wednesday; last Nikkei close was 65,019 (+1.38%) Friday, fueled by chip stocks after the BOJ decision.<\/p>\n
1.1475, \u20130.09%\u200a\u2014\u200aeuro sits near its weakest since late July as the dollar holds its post\u2013Fed\u00a0gains.<\/p>\n
~$4,346\u200a\u2014\u200alittle changed, consolidating after last week\u2019s pullback as markets reassess the pace of further Fed\u00a0easing.<\/p>\n
~$100.50, sliding toward its lowest since Sept 10\u200a\u2014\u200apressured by hopes for US\u2013Iran diplomatic movement around the UN General Assembly and a sharp rebound in Saudi export flows through the Strait of\u00a0Hormuz.<\/p>\n