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China central bank leaves key policy rate unchanged, as expected
CHINA’S’ central bank on Friday left a key policy rate unchanged as expected when rolling over maturing medium-term loans. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it was keeping...
Europe: Shares ease from record high on rate cut uncertainty
EUROPEAN shares lost momentum on Thursday after hitting a series of record highs in the past few sessions, as further evidence of sticky US inflation led to doubts about...
Dollar holds steady after US inflation, Fed rate cut still in sight
THE US dollar index held steady on Wednesday (Mar 13) as traders shrugged off hotter-than-expected US inflation and still expected a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in June. The...
Asia: Most markets track Wall Street gains as US data fails to damp rate hopes
ASIAN markets mostly rose in line with Wall Street on Wednesday (Mar 13) as forecast-beating United States inflation data did little to dent expectations that the Federal Reserve will...
Half of BOJ watchers still see April rate hike while bets on March move jump
A SLIM majority of Bank of Japan (BOJ) watchers still expect the end of negative rates to come in April, but almost everyone agrees there’s a risk the move...
SGX to offer interest rate derivatives on Singapore, Tokyo benchmarks
SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX Group) will launch short-term interest rate futures linked to the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora) and Tokyo Overnight Average Rate (Tona) for hedging and trading fluctuations...
Gold marches higher as US jobs data boosts bets of early rate cut
GOLD prices surged to another record high on Friday (Mar 8) as data showing a rise in the US unemployment rate boosted expectations that the US Federal Reserve could...
Dollar ends week under pressure as data keeps rate cut hopes alive
THE dollar traded modestly weaker against most major peers on Friday (Mar 8), and was on pace for its worst weekly showing against the euro this year after mixed...
