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Asia shares rally as US job report seen dimming chance of Sept hike
September 5th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday after a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report prompted investors to trim expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates as early as this month. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan extended early ...
JGBs slip ahead of U.S. jobs data as market ponders BOJ plans
September 2nd, 2016
Japanese government bonds fell on Friday, sending some yields to five-month highs, as the usual buyers took a step back ahead of the U.S. jobs report later in the global day and some investors fretted about the Bank of ...
Investors miss out on $500 billion as global bond yields plunge, Fitch Rating says
September 1st, 2016
Investors have seen their interest income squeezed as global bond yields plunge. On the flipside, governments aren’t complaining. Relative to yields in 2011, global investors are foregoing more than $500 billion in annual income on roughly $38 trillion in ...
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/yen hits one-month high as investors reassess stance, reverse bets
August 31st, 2016
The dollar hit a one-month high against the yen on Wednesday as investors reversed bets made against the greenback on speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would not hike interest rates anytime soon. The U.S. currency has gained almost ...
Oil Falls to Two-Week Low as U.S. Supply Gain Seen, Dollar Rises
August 31st, 2016
Crude stockpiles climbed 1.3 million barrels: Bloomberg survey Commodities drop, dollar rises to one-month high versus peers Oil dropped to a two-week low before a government report that’s projected to show U.S. crude stockpiles increased, while a strengthening dollar ...
World Bank shake-up yields only half Kim’s target of $400m savings
August 30th, 2016
The World Bank is set to make net savings that are half the size of a much-touted $400m target as administrative costs rise on a surge in lending, despite a contentious reorganisation pushed through by Jim Yong Kim, its ...
Emerging Currencies Rebound With Shares After U.S. Stocks Rally
August 30th, 2016
Overseas funds net buyers in South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand Concerns of higher U.S. rates are fading, according to KTB Emerging-market stocks rose, heading for their biggest gain in more than a week, as an overnight rally in U.S. ...
Oil prices rise as dollar comes off two-week high
August 30th, 2016
Oil futures edged up on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar backed off a two-week high hit the day before, although doubts that crude producers would agree next month to an output freeze continued to drag on prices. The U.S. ...
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 ...
