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Surging yen sends Nikkei tumbling 3.1 percent ahead of BOJ meeting
June 13th, 2016
Asian markets ended sharply lower Monday, ahead of central bank meetings in the U.S. and Japan this week and amid jitters over the upcoming referendum on whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union. Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 582.18 points, ...
Eurozone at risk of suffering lasting economic damage: Draghi
June 9th, 2016
Europe is at risk of suffering lasting economic damage from weak productivity and low growth, the European Central Bank’s president warned on Thursday, underscoring his argument that monetary policy alone cannot end the bloc’s economic malady. The ECB has ...
Euro, Dollar Slide in Global FX Reserves
June 8th, 2016
The currencies slumped to 15-year lows last year, according to European Central Bank The euro and dollar both lost ground as international currencies last year, slumping to 15-year lows in their share of global foreign-exchange reserves, according to an ...
Asian Stocks Rise With Won on China Trade Data; Oil Above $50
June 8th, 2016
Chinese imports rose in yuan terms for first time since 2014 Shanghai, Hong Kong shares pare losses as kiwi strengthens Asian stocks recovered from earlier losses and South Korea’s won extended gains as Chinese trade figures added to evidence the ...
Asian shares rise, dollar nurses losses after jobs shock
June 6th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday and the dollar dragged itself off its lowest levels in nearly a month after U.S. nonfarm payrolls showed the slowest job growth in more than five years, quashing expectations for a near-term U.S. interest ...
Pound Tumbles, Volatility Jumps After Polls Show Brexit Momentum
June 6th, 2016
ITV poll shows Brexit ahead 45% to 41%; TNS has 43% to 41% One-month volatility at seven-year high before June 23 vote The pound slumped to a three-week low after polls showed more Britons favor exiting the European Union, reviving ...
Multinational Law Firm slashes 37 positions in London
June 3rd, 2016
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made 37 business services jobs redundant in London as part of wide-reaching cutbacks across its European arm. The firm’s management informed staff in March that 15% of its 160-strong partnership across the UK, continental Europe and the ...
Fed likely to avoid rate hike before Britain votes on leaving EU
June 3rd, 2016
The U.S. Federal Reserve may be forced to delay a rate hike at its June meeting because of mounting concern over the economic fallout from Britain’s vote on whether to leave the European Union. The geopolitical risk likely will ...
U.K. Stocks Show Calm Before Brexit Storm as Pound Traders Fret
June 3rd, 2016
FTSE 100 volatility index at lowest vs currency counterpart U.K. shares’ dividend yield greater than global equity index Less than three weeks before Britain votes on its membership in the European Union, the country’s equity investors are much less ...
Japanese Stocks Drop as Yen Advances; Oil Near $49 Before OPEC
June 2nd, 2016
Euro climbs to one-week high before ECB policy review Haven assets including gold and U.S. Treasuries rise Japanese stocks fell by the most in a month and the yen strengthened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held back a widely ...
