Dollar steady, Thanksgiving looms as yen testTraders remained cautious as the yen faced potential intervention, with Japan's finance minister issuing strong warnings. Meanwhile, the Br...
BOJ keeps ultra-low rates, gives few clues on when it might hikeThe Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday and its governor offered few clues on how soon it could push up borrowing costs...
Dollar eyes weekly gain as US economy stays robustThe U.S. dollar index steadied at 106.57, having hit a three-week high of 106.89 in the previous session, and was on track for a weekly gai...
Yen treads on intervention zone; kiwi, Aussie dlrs hit by China woesThe offshore yuan struggled to break away from a nine-month low hit in the previous session, having slid to that level after a slew of Chin...
Dollar firms on rate hike views after Fed minutes, yen treads waterMinutes of the Fed's June meeting released on Wednesday showed that the vast majority of policymakers expect further tightening in U.S. mon...
Dollar eases as inflation in focus, BOJ governor nomination awaitedThe yen dropped sharply last year to a 32-year low of 151.94 per dollar as U.S. rates rose and Japanese rates stayed near zero, but it has ...
Nikkei ends marginally higher as China COVID, global rate worries weigh"Financial markets are trying to find the balance between the room for further rate hikes versus the extent to which the U.S. and global ec...
Dollar rides surge in Treasury yields, yen treads near key 150 levelThe inflation numbers continue a turbulent week for the pound, after Jeremy Hunt earlier this week scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss's econ...
Dollar firm near 32-peak vs yen despite intervention risks; sterling treads waterTraders are on high alert for the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan to step into the market again, as the currency pair pushes toward t...
Yen fragile near 24-year low in BOJ aftermath, dollar treads waterThe dollar index, which measures the currency against the yen, euro and four other major peers, was flat at 104.70, consolidating below the...
Aussie buoyant, dollar listless as Omicron optimism lifts risk assetsThe Australian dollar hit its strongest level in a week on Wednesday amid a pick-up in risk appetite on signs Omicron may be less severe th...
Dollar steadies amid rising global coronavirus casesGlobal markets surged last week after on vaccine optimism, with the dollar rising as traders quit their long-yen positions. But the currenc...
Safe-haven currencies in demand amid US, Iran tensionThe Japanese yen surged on Monday to a three-month high of 107.77 versus the US dollar.
Euro slides to two-month low on growth concernsThe Swiss franc, considered another safe haven, traded flat at 0.9952 on the dollar.
Rupee bounces to 1-week high as dollar rally cools, up 15 paise to 68.79The forex market witnessed a highly volatile session, with the home currency falling initially before staging a comeback.
- Geithner worries Japan will dump treasuries to raise cash
US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner's biggest worry in market is that Japan will dump its vast holdings of treasuries to raise cash.
- Rupee opens weaker on Wednesday
The rupee opened the session weaker at 46.01/03 compared to its previous close at 45.92 on worries a stocks slide could trigger equity outf...