© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Agustin Carstens leaves after G-20 finance ministers and central banks governors family photo during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Developing national digital currencies are at risk due to a lack of legal powers to issue them
© Reuters. On Friday, the yen fell sharply against the dollar, trading at 148.31, following the Bank of Japan’s decision to keep interest rates in negative territory. This move indicates that the bank is not in a hurry to wind down its large-scale stimulus program. Concurrently, the dollar rose by 0.2%, marking its 10th successive
© Reuters. The dollar reached a 6.5-month peak on Thursday, September 21, 2023, after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled a continuation of its restrictive policy, even as it held rates steady. This comes as the Swiss franc fell following the Swiss National Bank’s decision to maintain unchanged rates, marking the first time it has not
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Rae Wee and Amanda Cooper LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The euro got a lift on Tuesday from a report that indicated the European Central Bank may soon start discussing how to drain some of
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Russian one rouble coin in front of a screen in this illustration picture taken August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -The rouble strengthened on Friday but gave up some intraday gains after the Bank of Russia raised interest rates to 13%, a move
© Reuters. Japanese Yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Harry Robertson and Vidya Ranganathan LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar hovered near a six-month high on Monday as traders looked ahead to interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and
Share: Central banks are in the spotlight. Economists at Commerzbank analyze how their fight against inflation could impact the exchange rates. End of rate hikes does not mean victory over inflation – yet The market has accepted that the rate hike cycle will come to an end for now, despite the fact that
© Reuters. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has imposed a limit on the amount of U.S. dollars that money remittance firms can sell to customers each day, in an attempt to regulate the market amid declining forex reserves. The directive, which was implemented on Thursday, restricts these firms to transactions of a maximum of
© Reuters. A view shows Lebanon’s Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File photo By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank will restrict access to a new currency exchange platform set to launch within weeks to ensure U.S. dollars traded on the system are coming from “legitimate sources”, one
© Reuters. (Reuters) – Pakistan’s foreign worker remittances were recorded at $2.09 billion for the month of August, the country’s central bank said in a statement on Monday, up slightly from $2.02 billion in July. Under a loan programme agreed in July to avert a default on Pakistan’s sovereign debt, the International Monetary Fund told
