Morgan Stanley turns “bearish” on emerging market FX again By Reuters

© Reuters. LONDON (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley’s analysts returned to a ‘bearish’ stance on emerging market FX on Tuesday, predicting China’s economic strains would continue to push down its currency and flagged the growing set of developing countries also now cutting interest rates. “We expect more CNH (yuan) weakness, and China macro risks add to

Japan won’t rule out options to halt FX speculation, officials say By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. A banknote of Japanese yen is seen in this illustration picture taken June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration 2/2 By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Wednesday that authorities won’t rule out any option to clamp down on “speculative” currency moves, in a warning against a sell-off

Dollar steady as growth worries weigh, fragile yen draws warning By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and Chinese Yuan banknotes are seen in this illustration picture taken June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held near a six-month peak on Wednesday as jitters over China and global growth weighed on risk appetite, while the yen was close to

Argentina, in dollar love affair, agonizes over divorcing the peso By Reuters

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A one hundred Argentine peso bill sits on top of several one hundred U.S. dollar bills in this illustration picture taken October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/Illustration/File Photo 2/3 By Marc Jones, Eliana Raszewski and Rodrigo Campos LONDON/BUENOS AIRES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – María Barro, a 65-year-old domestic worker in Buenos Aires,

Weak global activity data sends US dollar to six-month high, Aussie skids By Reuters

© Reuters. U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/file photo By Alun John and Brigid Riley TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – Jitters about global growth, particularly in China, caused the safe-haven U.S. dollar to hit multi-month highs on the Japanese yen, euro and pound on Tuesday and sent the dollar

Dollar slips in thin holiday trading on bets Fed is done with rate rises By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/ By Ankur Banerjee and Joice Alves SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar edged lower on Monday, with U.S. markets closed for a holiday, as investors weighed U.S. jobs data that showed some signs of cooling, boosting bets

China to cut banks’ FX reserve ratio to rein in yuan weakness By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, is pictured in Beijing, China, February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China’s central bank said on Friday it will cut the amount of foreign exchange that financial institutions must hold as reserves for the first time this year,

Japan finance minister offers no clues on intervention as yen weakens By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Banknotes of Japanese yen are seen in this illustration picture taken June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that currencies should be set by markets although sudden moves are undesirable, while signalling no clear sign of intervening in the

Euro gains, euro zone bond yields drop as U.S. unemployment rate rises By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman holds euro banknotes in this illustration taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) – The euro rose against the dollar on Friday and euro zone bonds yields fell after data showed a big increase in the U.S. unemployment rate in August, supporting the view that Federal Reserve might

Dollar gains after mixed jobs report By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. one hundred dollar notes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Seoul February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/File Photo By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained against the euro and Japanese yen on Friday after the August jobs report showed a still strong labor market, despite some