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Yen gains sharply, dollar eases from two-week high
Sept 2 : The Japanese yen gained sharply against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after having retraced approximately half of the increases made following a rare joint intervention by the U.S. and Japan at the end of July.It was not immediately clear what prompted the move. The yen, which had reached a 40-year
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Dollar rises to 2-week high, Middle East conflict and rate paths in focus
Sept 2 : The dollar hit a two-week high on Wednesday as investors turned to the U.S. currency amid growing concerns about the economic impact of the energy shock and weighed diverging monetary policy paths across major economies.Iran and its Arab neighbours were plunged back into war on Wednesday by the bigge
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Dollar hits two-week high, Middle East conflict and rate paths in focus
(Corrects milestone to ‘two-week high’, not ‘seven-week high’, in headline and first paragraph)By Stefano Rebaudo and Satoshi SugiyamaSept 2 : The dollar hit a two-week high on Wednesday as investors turned to the U.S. currency amid growing concerns about the economic impact of the energy shock and we
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Dollar hits 7-week high, Middle East conflict and rate paths in focus
Sept 2 : The dollar hit a seven-week high on Wednesday as investors turned to the U.S. currency amid growing concerns about the economic impact of the energy shock and weighed diverging monetary policy paths across major economies.The U.S. and Iran found themselves back on a war footing on Wednesday after the
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BOJ’s Takata urges nimble rate hikes, says 2026 marks a turning point
SAPPORO, Japan, Sept 2 : The Bank of Japan should conduct interest rate hikes nimbly to counter intensifying inflationary pressures, rather than adhere to a fixed semiannual pace anticipated by markets, hawkish board member Hajime Takata said on Wednesday.Speaking at a news conference in Sapporo, Takata said
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BOJ’s Takata urges nimble rate hikes to counter inflation pressures
TOKYO, Sept 2 : The Bank of Japan should conduct interest rate hikes nimbly in response to inflationary pressures, rather than at a fixed semiannual pace, hawkish board member Hajime Takata said on Wednesday.Rather than semiannual rate hikes previously anticipated by markets, 2026 represents a regime change,
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Analysis:Japan faces day of policy reckoning as Bessent calls time on big stimulus
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 31 : When the U.S. joined Japan’s efforts to shore up the yen, it wasn’t for nothing. This week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spelt out the terms: get busy on interest rate hikes and end outdated ideas about big economic stimulus.A month after a rare joint U.S.-Japan in
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Bond markets face fresh selling as oil prices jump, stocks cautious
LONDON, Aug 31 : Borrowing costs in the euro area and Japan hit their highest levels in years on Monday, as a 3 per cent jump in oil prices on the U.S. and Iran resuming military attacks added to angst about inflation that could keep central banks in rate-hike mode.World stocks were in a cautious…
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Tokyo core inflation creeps near BOJ’s target, bolsters rate-hike chance
TOKYO, Aug 28 : Annual core inflation in Tokyo accelerated in August for the third straight month, data showed on Friday, a sign of broadening price pressures that bolsters the case for an interest rate hike as soon as next month.The data, which is considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends, came in
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Dollar steady before Jackson Hole, yen unmoved by BOJ Himino’s remarks
TOKYO, Aug 27 : The U.S. dollar traded in a narrow range on Thursday ahead of the Jackson Hole symposium, while the yen held steady after a Bank of Japan policymaker did not rule out a rate hike next month but stopped short of explicitly signalling one.The euro was up 0.05 per cent against the…
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