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Asian Stock Rally Sputters as Crude Retreats; China Shares Slump
April 20th, 2016
Aussie, Kiwi fall from the strongest levels since June Oil slips to about $40 as Kuwait strike ends; silver gains A rally in Asian stocks stumbled as oil fell back to around $40 a barrel and Chinese equities slumped ...
Commodity currencies at ten-month highs as oil boosts risk sentiment
April 19th, 2016
Commodity currencies like the Australian and New Zealand dollars soared to 10-month highs against the U.S. dollar, drawing support from oil prices which stabilized from a slide and underpinned broad risk sentiment in global markets. The Australian dollar AUD=D4 rose to ...
Tame U.S. inflation supports Fed’s cautious rate policy
April 15th, 2016
U.S. consumer prices barely rose in March and underlying inflation slowed, suggesting little urgency for a cautious Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the near term. The benign inflation backdrop is prevailing despite tightening labor market conditions, underscored ...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued a Monetary Policy Statement
April 14th, 2016
INTRODUCTION 1. In October 2015, MAS kept the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER) policy band on a modest and gradual appreciation path, but reduced its rate of appreciation slightly. There was no change to the width of the ...
Emerging Currencies Halt Rally as Singapore Flags Growth Risks
April 14th, 2016
Malaysian ringgit leads declines after Singapore eases policy Won sinks on Korean election shock as dollar extends advance Emerging-market currencies fell for the first time in six days as Singapore surprised markets by easing monetary policy, spurring speculation other ...
Asian shares at four-month highs
April 14th, 2016
Asian stocks rose to their highest levels in more than four months on Thursday and regional currencies weakened led by the Singapore dollar as hopes grew that more central banks will join the city state in easing monetary policy ...
Most Asia markets advance, with Nikkei rising as yen slips
April 12th, 2016
Most major Asia markets ended higher Tuesday, shrugging off after a lower finish in U.S. equities overnight ahead of earnings season. Australia’s ASX 200 added 44.06 points, or 0.89 percent, to 4,975.60, boosted by a 1.73 percent gain in the heavily-weighted ...
The Panama Papers: This Is the Consequence of Centralized Money and Power
April 11th, 2016
Technologies such as the blockchain are enabling alternative ways of creating and distributing money outside central banks and states. If we don’t change the way money is created and distributed, we will never change anything. This is the core ...
Dollar hits 17-month low vs. yen, dented by Fed’s cautious stance
April 7th, 2016
The dollar slid to a 17-month low against the yen on Thursday, pressured by minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting last month that underscored caution about future interest rate hikes. The dollar fell to 109.10 yen at one ...
Shinzo Abe Says Countries Must Avoid Competitive Currency Devaluations
April 6th, 2016
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said countries should avoid competitively devaluing their currencies, speaking after the dollar fell to its lowest level against the yen in nearly a year and a half. The yen’s rise against the dollar has accelerated in the first months ...
