Venezuelans lament end of brief dollarization boost By Reuters

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker receives a dollar cash payment in a store in a market in Caracas, Venezuela, August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo 2/3 By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – When Venezuela’s economy was showing tentative signs of recovery in 2020, Enrique Perrella thought it was time to open a

Bitcoin falls 4.91% to $25,957 By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are placed on a PC motherboard, in this illustration taken June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – dropped 4.91% to $25,957 at 21:45 GMT on Thursday, losing $1,341 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 18.4% from the year’s high

Exclusive-Chinese exporters using currency swaps to retain dollars as yuan sags By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and Chinese Yuan banknotes are seen in this illustration taken January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese exporters are using a complicated currency swap strategy to avoid converting their dollar earnings into yuan for fear of losing out on potential gains in the U.S. currency, official

Euro falls as ECB hike bets take hit on inflation, policymaker comments By Reuters

© Reuters. U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The euro fell on Thursday as traders trimmed bets on a rate hike from the European Central Bank in September after comments from influential German policymaker Isabel Schnabel and a moderation

Dollar finds feet as investors await further clues on Fed path 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 Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar on Wednesday clawed back some of the previous session’s sharp declines as investors looked ahead to more labour market data for clues on the path for Federal

Privacy, market maturity hurdles facing Brazil’s CBDC rollout -cenbank official By Reuters

© Reuters. A man walks in front the Central Bank headquarters building in Brasilia, Brazil March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Maintaining privacy and increasing understanding of blockchain technology are primary issues to solve before Brazil’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) is ready for widespread use, the central bank’s coordinator

Dollar muted as markets brace for data fest; yen under pressure By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was subdued on Tuesday as traders resisted placing large bets ahead of a slew of economic data this week, while the yen languished near levels that triggered

Dollar wobbles as investors ponder ‘higher for longer’ rate path By Reuters

© Reuters. U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/file photo By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar eased from a 12-week peak on Monday as traders weighed the U.S. monetary path after Fed Chair Jerome Powell left open the possibility of further interest rate increases, while the

Powell’s steady hand steers dollar higher: McGeever 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 Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole is likely to maintain the ‘higher for longer’ outlook for U.S. interest rates and bond yields – good news for

China’s measures to slow yuan depreciation By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Coins and banknotes of China’s yuan are seen in this illustration picture taken February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s central bank has stepped up efforts to support the yuan currency this week in the wake of renewed downside pressure amid Beijing’s underwhelming measures to stabilise a faltering economy