© Reuters. The Pound (GBP) experienced further losses on Friday, rounding off a challenging week marked by a deepening contraction in the U.K.’s service sector activity, according to the latest survey. This development has intensified recession fears and fueled expectations that the Bank of England (BoE) has concluded its interest rate hikes. The Confederation of
© Reuters. Investing.com – The U.S. dollar edged higher, just below the recent six-month high, making a steady start to the new week as traders digested last week’s series of central bank interest rate decisions. At 03:20 ET (07:20 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded
© Reuters. Nigeria’s external debt has surged by N13.38 tn ($17.38 billion) in the second quarter of 2023 due to a significant devaluation of the naira and changes in foreign exchange policies, according to data from the Debt Management Office (DMO). The country’s external debt rose to N33.25 tn ($43.16bn) in Q2 2023 from N19.64
© Reuters. Economic strategists anticipate a potential resurgence of Thailand’s national currency, the baht, driven by recent growth initiatives announced by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. According to predictions by Ebury and Societe Generale (OTC:) SA on Monday, the baht is expected to strengthen by over 5% and reach 34 per dollar by the end of
© 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. In a week marked by financial developments, the Indian rupee closed higher on Friday, settling at 82.93 against the U.S. dollar, a weekly gain of 0.3%. This performance comes on the heels of an announcement by multinational investment bank JPMorgan, revealing its plans to incorporate India’s government bonds into its emerging market index.
© Reuters. The Japanese yen fell sharply on Friday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to keep interest rates in negative territory at -0.1 percent. This decision came just days after the Federal Reserve signaled that U.S. borrowing costs would remain high, exerting pressure on the Japanese currency and raising the possibility of government
© Reuters. Investing.com– Most Asian currencies moved little on Friday as markets continued to fret over higher U.S. interest rates, while the yen came close to 10-month lows after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-dovish policy. The dollar remained relatively well-bid in Asian trade, recovering a measure of overnight losses. The and rose about
© Reuters. The US Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain interest rates at the 5.25%-5.50% range during its monetary policy meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, has had global impacts. The Fed’s hawkish stance towards monetary policy, aimed at curbing inflation without causing significant job losses or economic downturns, has led to a strengthening of the
© Reuters. Mark Rosen, former U.S. representative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has endorsed the idea of Argentina adopting the U.S. dollar as its official currency to combat soaring inflation rates, a move that has been widely criticized by mainstream figures. Rosen, who served on the IMF’s executive board from 2019 to 2021, expressed
