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The announcement of stiff job cuts at Standard Chartered reignites fears of sweeping changes in th employment market caused by automation and widespread adoption of AI to perform tasks previously the responsibility of humans.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has put her legendary Los Angeles estate on the market for $29.9 million—nearly two years after confessing that she wanted to leave the U.S. for good.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, is up 0.7% higher to near $102.75 during the European trading session on Tuesday.

EUR/CAD pares its recent gains from the previous day, trading around 1.6000 during the European hours on Tuesday. The currency cross depreciates as the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar (CAD) holds ground against the Euro (EUR) due to higher oil prices.

Commerzbank’s Tatha Ghose writes that Polish core inflation has firmed but remains manageable, driven mainly by external energy shocks rather than domestic policy errors.

Nomura’s Josie Anderson, George Buckley, Andrzej Szczepaniak and David Seif highlight a softer UK labour market, with falling payrolls, rising unemployment and weaker vacancies. They stress that labour data lag the Iran war shock, but see current softness as the starting point.

Dow Jones futures inch higher by 0.05% to near 49,800 during the European hours ahead of the United States (US) regular opening on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 gain 0.07% to near 7,430, and the Nasdaq 100 futures remain firm near 29,100.

The Euro (EUR) resumes its bearish trend against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday, retreating to levels near 1.1630 at the time of writing, from Monday’s highs right above 1.1660.

Deutsche Bank analysts note Japan’s economy grew faster than expected in Q1 2026, supporting the case for further Bank of Japan (BoJ) rate hikes, yet the Japanese Yen (JPY) weakened slightly against the US Dollar (USD).

MUFG’s Lee Hardman notes that AUD/USD has fallen after the Australian Dollar (AUD) underperformed on softer China data and a cautious Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

ING’s Francesco Pesole argues that while the European Central Bank (ECB) must stay hawkish to contain long‑end yields, EUR/USD remains vulnerable.

The USD/JPY pair prolongs its uptrend for the seventh consecutive day – also marking the eighth day of a positive move in the previous nine – and advances to a nearly three-week top during the first half of the European session on Tuesday.

The good news at least is that the overall trade balance is still running a surplus but that room is narrowing, with it being lesser than the €11.1 billion (revised) surplus in February. In March, the trade balance for energy recorded a deficit of €25.3 billion and that is a marked increase from the €19.7 billion deficit recorded in February.So in terms of monthly change, that is the biggest net contributor to the narrowing trade surplus. At the same time, there is also a smaller surplus recorded for chemicals and related products on the month.But in terms of annual change, the March figure for exports are seen down 5.5% compared to the same month last year with imports seen up 4.4% relative to the same period. Putting those two together, the overall trade balance reflects a sharp decline from March 2025 - which was at €34.1 billion.In terms of year-to-date figures, the euro area trade balance recoded a surplus of €16.6 billion in the first quarter of this year. However, that is way lower than the €55.4 billion recorded in the first quarter of last year. So, that puts things into perspective with the trade situation likely to tighten further as higher energy prices continue to stick in Q2.And as mentioned last month, it will not be strictly tied to just the energy deficit widening:"While the energy deficit widening is the main thing to watch out, there could be a secondary impact on manufacturing too. When energy prices surge higher, it will eventually see energy-intensive production become too expensive. And that will also narrow the trade surplus from the chemicals sector for example." This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.

Steve Harvey has cut the price of his longtime Georgia home—just four months after listing the enormous abode for $5.1 million.

Funds are fully invested and so the risk of a pullback has increased

The Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol suffered an attack whereby about 1,000 unauthorized eBTC $77 million were minted on the Monad blockchain

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