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Markets 2 weeks ago
Dollar near two-week high as Warsh boosts rate-hike bets; yen slips past 160
The dollar held steady near a two-week high on Monday as markets ramped up bets on a rate hike after hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, while the yen slipped back through the closely watched 160-per-dollar level.
Regulations 2 weeks ago
Europe's central bankers fear more turbulence in testy US relations
Europe's central bankers are leaving an annual getaway with their United States counterparts far from reassured that long-standing norms in global cooperation remain intact and worried that more turmoil is ahead for an already testy relationship with Washington, sources familiar with the discussion said.
Academia 3 weeks ago
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The dollar's outer defenses have been breached
The puzzle of why the Trump administration is so concerned with a falling yen has historical parallels not to the 1930s or the 1980s, but to the 1960s, when US officials feared that a crisis elsewhere could spread to America. With US bond yields spiking, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is getting desperate.
Markets 1 month ago
Dollar firmer as markets await US inflation data for Fed clues
The dollar nudged a little higher in Asian trade on Wednesday, receiving limited additional strength after renewed attacks on shipping in critical waterways in the Middle East, as currency markets anxiously awaited the release of inflation data later in the global day.
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