The dollar rose to a one-month high versus the yen on Thursday as robustness in the U.S. jobs market backed the idea that the Federal Reserve does not need to rush to cut interest rates. Iryna Ustenko | Istock | Getty Images The dollar rose to a one-month high versus the yen on Thursday as…
Skyline of Tokyo, Japan. Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled over 4% on Monday, following a mixed set of economic data out of Japan and as traders reacted to the election of incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Japan’s August retail sales climbed 2.8% year on year, beating Reuters poll estimates of a 2.3%…
A cycler passes the entrance to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) headquarters building in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo on May 2, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled over 4% Monday, while Australia stocks hit a fresh high ahead of key economic data from China. Japan saw its…
An Australian one-hundred dollar banknote, top, and a New Zealand one-hundred dollar banknote are arranged for a photograph in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Australian and New Zealand dollars scaled multi-month peaks on Wednesday while sterling hit its highest in more than two years against…
A Chinese flag in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 18, 2023. Raul Ariano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mostly higher Monday as investors digested monetary policy decisions from Japan and China as well as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s sharp rate cut last week. Data last Friday showed China’s…
The U.S. Federal Reserve is on Wednesday heading for its first interest rate cut since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic — and despite the move being widely forecast, global investors are braced for impact. The Fed is behind a swathe of its central bank peers, including those in the euro zone, the U.K., Canada,…
A picture taken on December 7, 2021 in Istanbul shows U.S. dollars banknotes. Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty Images The dollar traded near its lowest levels of the year on Tuesday, on the eve of the expected the start to a U.S. easing cycle that markets are betting may begin with an outsized rate…