Forex News

LONDON (Reuters) – Online job adverts in Britain fell by 2% in the week to Feb. 24 compared with the previous week, adding to a series of falls, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday.

By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) – Countries in debt distress such as Zambia and Sri Lanka turning to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial help are facing unprecedented delays to secure bailouts as China and Western economies clash over how to provide debt relief.

(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Thursday the Federal Reserve may continue raising U.S. interest rates until June, but while the monetary tightening would strengthen the dollar his central bank’s stance remains unchanged.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s factory activity contracted for an eighth month in February, a survey showed on Thursday, highlighting weak domestic and global economic conditions even though the downturn in output and orders eased slightly.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Bank of Mexico said on Wednesday that inflation is taking longer than initially anticipated to return to its target, in large part due to the persistence of core inflation.

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar began the month on a strong footing as a higher-for-longer U.S. rates scenario took centre stage, while the Aussie slid after a raft of economic data pointed to a slowing economy and signs that inflation might be past

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks struggled to come off two-month lows on Wednesday and the safe-haven dollar was firm as concerns about rising interest rates and slowing global growth kept the mood downbeat, while markets waited on economic data to chart the course

By Dhara Ranasinghe, Nell Mackenzie and Yoruk Bahceli

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday that the country’s high interest rate is the primary obstacle to economic growth, adding that recent government measures such as reinstating fuel taxes would pave the way to monetary easing.

By Alexander Marrow and Elena Fabrichnaya

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Public sector staff at Sri Lankan hospitals, banks and ports walked out on Wednesday, with some taking to the streets and other employees including teachers dressing in black, in a widespread protest against soaring living costs.

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – If the world faces what the IMF dubs ‘geoeconomic fragmentation’, this week’s post-Brexit breakthrough may be a bigger relief for Britain than lukewarm reactions suggest.

Euro area manufacturing PMI numbers failed to move the dial as the China PMIs resonated. German inflation figures will influence, however.

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors reeling from the recent volatility in global financial markets are eyeing another potential worry: a rebounding dollar.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s inflation will fall to around 2% this year but the economy will not fall into stagflation even as growth slows, central bank governor Yang Chin-long said on Wednesday.

By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – The board of the Swiss-based trust fund managing some $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets met for a second time last month, one of its trustees said, and discussed options for disbursing funds in line with achieving monetary

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s economy grew at the weakest pace in a year last quarter as strength in trade was offset by rising interest rates and high inflation, and all the signs are a further slowdown lies ahead.