Japan’s yen lesson for India: Don’t fight the currency marketIndia should focus on economic fundamentals and allow the rupee to be largely market-driven. The RBI has some flexibility during a financia...
18 Aug, 2026, 11.18 PM IST
Bond markets from US to Japan whacked as inflation and fiscal worries take holdGlobal borrowing costs are hitting multi-decade highs again as inflation fears rise. The United States has seen its 30-year Treasury yields...
18 Aug, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Charting the global economy: US employment declines unexpectedlyThe El Niño on track to become the most powerful of the past 76 years is strengthening rapidly, posing a major threat to fragile economies ...
09 Aug, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
Global Market | A history of Japan's biggest interventions to support the yenThe Japanese yen recorded its strongest one-day gain against the U.S. dollar in nearly two years after suspected intervention by Japanese a...
31 Jul, 2026, 12.29 PM IST
Global Market: Warning signals flash red as oil, AI concerns and debt risks rattle investorsSeveral key market warning indicators are approaching crisis levels now. Elevated oil prices and geopolitical uncertainty fuel inflation co...
29 Jul, 2026, 10.14 AM IST
Dollar climbs to two-month peak as Fed hike bets ramp upThe dollar surged to a two-month high following a robust U.S. jobs report, intensifying expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike this y...
08 Jun, 2026, 06.38 AM IST
EXPLAINER-Japan intervenes in the currency market, now what?Yen-buying intervention has been very rare. The last time Japan intervened to support its currency was in 1998, when the Asian financial cr...
22 Sep, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
What are the consequences of the yen's fall to a 20-year low?The yen, the third most-traded currency globally, is now near 134 per dollar after starting 2022 at 115. With the dollar up 16% so far this...
10 Jun, 2022, 05.41 PM IST
Japan warns of need for currency stability as yen falls persistJapanese policymakers have traditionally favoured a weak yen, as it gives exporters a competitive advantage overseas.
07 Jan, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
- Euro firms as China voices support for EU bailout efforts
The euro slightly firmed after a senior Chinese official reportedly expressed support for measures by the European Union.
21 Dec, 2010, 10.06 AM IST
- Euro holds gains against dollar
The euro is holding gains against the dollar following strong earnings reports from European banks and a new warning that the US faces a lo...
03 Aug, 2010, 01.08 PM IST
- Euro dives as investors seek shelter from credit storm
Euro plunged against the dollar on Tuesday as investors sought refuge in the US currency amid deepening fears for the world economy gripped...
12 Nov, 2008, 05.23 AM IST
- As the yen surges, ordinary Japanese turn currency traders
Seventy-year-old Nobuyuki Sasaki isn’t your average currency speculator, but with the yen at its strongest in years, he decided buying euro...
01 Nov, 2008, 12.01 AM IST
- More US banks take gov't cash, G7 frets about yen
US banks lined up for govt cash, the G7 expressed concern about the soaring Japanese yen, and countries in Asia and Europe took emergency a...
27 Oct, 2008, 08.00 PM IST
- Investors now flocking to 'safe haven' yen
After years of gorging on Japanese credit to buy lucrative assets such as Icelandic bonds, Brazilian equities or the Hungarian forint, inve...
26 Oct, 2008, 08.56 AM IST
- Dollar edges down in Asia on selling by exporters
The dollar edged down against the yen in Asia on Friday as Japanese exporters sold the greenback and some investors chased the Japanese uni...
25 Apr, 2008, 01.35 PM IST
- Yen keeps you on the edge
The current strengthening of the Japanese yen against most currencies has resulted in investors scurrying to exit ‘carry trades’, which is ...
17 Aug, 2007, 03.25 AM IST