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Asian shares skid as Obama confirms air strikes on Iraq
August 8th, 2014
Asian shares tumbled on Friday as investors sought out safe-haven assets on growing fears that conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East could sap global growth, extending losses after U.S. President Obama said he had authorized air strikes in ...
BOJ maintains policy, offers bleaker view on exports
August 8th, 2014
The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Friday and offered a bleaker view on exports and output, in a nod to recent weak data that cast doubts over its optimistic view that the economy is continuing to ...
Week in FX Asia – BOJ Defends Inaction Strong USD Provides Breathing Room
August 1st, 2014
BOJ Defends Its Assessment of the Japanese Economy Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda defended the bank’s positive assessment of the economy on Friday. Data release out of Japan have been weak and prompted an assurance from the BOJ ...
Asian shares firm, count on Fed’s support
July 15th, 2014
Asian shares rose on Tuesday after Citigroup’s earnings and a fresh round of merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. healthcare industry lifted global share prices. Yet, with elevated stock prices on Wall Street and elsewhere relying substantially on ...
European Stocks Advance With Asia as Gold, Oil Retreat
July 14th, 2014
European and Asian stocks advanced with U.S. equity-index futures after a gauge of global shares suffered its biggest weekly loss in three months. Gold fell from a four-month high, corn slid a 10th day and oil dropped as the ...
NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi may test post-float high as inflation looms
July 14th, 2014
The New Zealand dollar may test a post-float record this week with second-quarter inflation figures likely to underline the Reserve Bank’s path to higher interest rates, though the currency may struggle to hold those gains. The kiwi may trade ...
Asian shares nudge higher, oil nurses losses
July 14th, 2014
Asian shares rose on Monday as euro zone banking jitters faded, but investors remained cautious ahead of corporate earnings and a raft of global economic events, including testimony from the head of the Federal Reserve. MSCI’s broadest index of ...
BOJ may slightly cut economic forecast, policy seen steady
July 9th, 2014
The Bank of Japan may trim its economic growth forecast for the current year next week, sources familiar with its thinking said, reflecting soft exports and a bigger-than-expected slump in household spending after a sales tax hike in April. ...
Dollar holds steady, takes breather after rally
July 8th, 2014
The dollar held steady versus a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, having retreated from the previous day’s near-two-week high, giving the euro a chance to get over an unexpected slump in German industrial output. The dollar index was ...
IMF calls on ECB to consider quantitative easing
June 19th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund is expected to sound the alarm on Thursday over the risk of deflation within the eurozone and to urge the European Central Bank to consider US-style quantitative easing, including “large-scale” purchases of sovereign bonds, to ...
