Dollar holds near 150 yen ahead of busy central bank, data-packed week By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, British pound and Chinese 100-yuan banknotes are seen in a picture illustration shot January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held steady in cautious trade on Monday and pinned the yen near 150 as traders looked

Brazil central bank to roll over currency swaps expiring in January By Reuters

© Reuters. People walk in front the Central Bank headquarters building in Brasilia, Brazil March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File photo (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank said on Friday it would hold auctions starting on Monday to roll over $15.5 billion in traditional currency swaps maturing on Jan. 2. The central bank said in a statement

Bank of Canada interest rate pause continued, with a “clear hiking bias”

The Bank of Canada left its overnight rate unchanged at 5%, although other events overtook the news on it: Via, RBC, their ‘Bottom Line” response, in brief: CPI readings still running well above the 2% target, the BoC is firmly focused on getting inflation under control. Slower than expected progress is a concern. But evidence

Bank of Canada leaves policy rate unchanged at 5% as expected

Share: The Bank of Canada (BoC) announced on Wednesday that it left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5% following the October policy meeting. This decision came in line with the market expectation.  BoC Governor Tiff Macklem will explain the policy decisions and comment on the policy outlook in a press conference starting

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock will be appearing in parliament after CPI data

Following the Australian official inflation data due today Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock and Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) Christopher Kent, will appear before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee (Supplementary Budget Estimates) on Thursday, 26 October 2023. at 9am Sydney time 2200 GMT, 1800 US Eastern time Earlier previews of the data due from Australia