Russian rouble tumbles to over 16-month low past 94 vs dollar By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A vendor counts Russian rouble banknotes at a market in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 9, 2023. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – The Russian rouble tumbled over 2% to a more than 16-month low past 94 against the dollar on Wednesday, pressured by political risk, falling oil prices and concerns the

Dollar shrugs off Fitch’s U.S. credit rating downgrade By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar banknote is seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Rae Wee and Harry Robertson LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar barely budged on Wednesday as investors shrugged off Fitch’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, although the yen made up ground against the U.S. currency as

Exclusive-China asks some banks to reduce or delay dollar buying -sources By Reuters

© Reuters. U.S. Dollar and Chinese Yuan banknotes are seen in this illustration taken January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s currency regulators are asking some commercial banks to reduce or postpone their purchases of U.S. dollars in order to slow the yuan’s depreciation, two people with direct knowledge of the matter

Dollar gains after relatively strong data, Aussie dollar slides By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japanese Yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Herbert Lash and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar advanced against major currencies on Tuesday after relatively solid data on U.S. manufacturing and construction offset a decline in job openings last

Factbox-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 currency regulators have been asking some commercial banks to reduce or postpone their purchases of U.S. dollars, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The informal

Analysis-Bank of Japan’s opaque policy shift means stronger, wilder yen By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman counts Japanese 10,000 yen notes in Tokyo, in this February 28, 2013 picture illustration. REUTERS/Shohei Miyano/Illustration/File Photo By Naomi Rovnick, Alun John and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Japanese yen is on a bumpy path towards strengthening after Friday’s central bank policy change, threatening to upend the carry

Mexican peso hits 7-1/2 year high vs dollar, further gains eyed By Reuters

© Reuters. A twenty pesos coin is seen, as Mexico’s Central Bank (Banco de Mexico) puts into circulation a twenty pesos coin which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the Mennonites to the country, in this picture illustration taken August 9, 2022. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s peso on Friday hit its highest level

Mexico’s ‘super peso’ puts squeeze on US remittances By Reuters

5/5 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Boards displaying the exchange rate of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar are pictured outside exchange houses in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo 2/5 By Lizbeth Diaz and Noe Torres TLAXCALA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican mother-of-two Adriana Sanchez frets the $300 or so a

Choppy yen at three-week low, euro firms after GDP, inflation data By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japanese Yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Rae Wee and Alun John SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yen softened on Monday, extending losses from a volatile session at the end of last week after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) loosened its

Analysis-Euro’s stellar run in doubt as ECB muddies rate outlook By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Euro bulls are set for an anxious summer ahead as doubts creep in over how far the ostensibly still-hawkish European Central Bank will go with interest rate rises.