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Asia stocks, bonds suffer central bank anxiety attack
September 12th, 2016
Asian shares suffered their sharpest setback since June on Monday as investors were rattled by rising bond yields and talk the Federal Reserve might be serious about lifting U.S. interest rates as early as next week. European bourses were ...
Gold sputters after hitting three-week high
September 7th, 2016
Gold futures were trading little changed Wednesday after logging their highest settlement in nearly three weeks a day earlier as investors pared expectations for how aggressively the Federal Reserve would move to increase interest rates. The interest-rate debate continues ...
FX Focus: Pound gains as it threatens to break €1.18 for first time in three weeks
August 31st, 2016
The pound edged higher against both the euro and the dollar on Wednesday (31 August), coming close to breaking the €1.18 barrier for the first time in three weeks. By mid-afternoon, sterling was trading up 0.08% against the dollar ...
Dollar rockets to two-week high versus yen as Fed officials signal rate hikes
August 29th, 2016
The dollar rose Monday to its strongest level against the yen in three weeks after several top Federal Reserve officials hinted that the central bank would raise interest rates at least once by the end of 2016. The greenback ...
Accounting Watchdog Says Most Brokerage-Firm Audits Need to Improve
August 19th, 2016
Federal inspectors found deficiencies in more than three-quarters of the audits of broker-dealers they reviewed last year, down from the previous year but still at a high level, the government’s audit-industry regulator said Thursday. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ...
The US dollar could stay stuck in a rut until after November
August 16th, 2016
The U.S. dollar is stuck in a rut, and it could stay there for a while. Dollar bulls have been falling by the wayside this summer, as the U.S.Federal Reserve looks further away from tightening its monetary policy. The currency also runs ...
Goldman Sachs to pay a $36.3 million penalty
August 8th, 2016
The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday ordered Goldman Sachs Group to pay a $36.3 million civil money penalty for its unauthorized use and disclosure of confidential supervisory information and to implement an enhanced program to ensure the proper use ...
Nigeria: Attracting foreign investors to the forex market
July 25th, 2016
Feelers from last week’s foreign investment road-show by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicated that Nigeria’s finances and the economy as a whole may be headed to its worst external sector positions. The foreign investors have told the apex ...
Yen Surges as BOJ Maintains Policy; Asian Stocks Sink With Oil
June 16th, 2016
Fed scaled back rate-hike outlook, saying Brexit a concern Kiwi strengthens on GDP data as gold rallies with silver The yen soared and Japanese stocks tumbled after the nation’s central bank refrained from easing monetary policy. Shares elsewhere in ...
Fed expected to hold rates steady as Brexit vote clouds outlook
June 15th, 2016
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and signal if it still plans to raise rates twice in 2016 amid concerns about a U.S. hiring slowdown and Britain’s possible exit from the European Union. ...
