S. dollar weakened against major currencies as traders scaled back tightening expectations.

Soft economic data, including retail sales and job losses, influenced these shifts. Traders now see a lower chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike in September.

Elevated oil prices and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are causing market fragility. Bond yields globally are rising due to concerns over debt and fiscal discipline.

S. dollar held near multi-month lows against most major currencies on Tuesday as traders walked back expectations of near-term monetary tightening, although the imminent threat of an escalation in the Middle East war left sentiment fragile.

1614 it touched on Monday. 3548, just shy of the three-month peak it touched in the previous session.

S. retail sales fell in July for the first time in nine months, following unexpected ‌job losses last month ⁠and mild ⁠inflation readings.

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2% a week ago, according to the CME FedWatch tool. -Iran conflict."

Inflation has been above target for most of the past five years, and whilst a high 2% annual pace may prove acceptable to the Fed, it leaves the ⁠inflation process ‌with little to no breathing room in a world of constant supply shocks," said Nohshad Shah, head of EMEA fixed income sales at Citadel Securities. S.

have stalled, a senior Iranian official told Reuters as Washington ruled out extending their June ceasefire agreement. Bond yields around the world were on the rise again as traders remained wary of the impact of elevated oil prices and a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

14 a barrel after rising to their highest since July 30 on Monday. The yield on the 30-year bond hovered near its highest level in nearly 20 years, while the 10-year JGB yield hit its highest level since September 1996.

S. Treasury auctions ‌in the past week for the multi-decade yields demanded by investors to absorb Washington's borrowing needs."

S. debt and America's lack of fiscal discipline," said Anthony ⁠Saglimbene, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial."

Frequent, large-scale treasury auctions are a chance for the bond market to push back against the government's eroding fiscal trajectory, as they demand higher yields for the auctions to clear." The yen was stuck just below the 160 level, shifting the focus to the Bank of Japan meeting next month, where the central bank is set to raise interest rates and is considering hiking more aggressively after that, sources told Reuters.