Forex News

BERLIN (Reuters) – Investor morale in the euro zone improved for the fourth month in a row in February to reach its highest level since March 2022, but remained in negative territory as the possibility of a stagnant economy comes into focus, a survey showed on

By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wild swings in global currencies hammered corporate earnings in the past year, and while forex markets have gotten less choppy, some companies are seeking ways to guard profits and lower hedging costs.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Anshuman Daga

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said it renewed on Monday a currency swap agreement with its Australian counterpart, valued at 9.6 trillion won or A$12 billion, for five years until early 2028.

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

By Leika Kihara (Reuters) – Japan’s government is intensifying its search for a successor to central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda, a choice that will affect how soon the Bank of Japan (BOJ) could phase out ultra-loose monetary policy.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Analysts consulted by Argentina’s central bank expect surging consumer prices to rise slightly this year, the bank said on Friday, which would mark a second straight year of near triple-digit inflation for South America’s second-biggest economy.

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares turned lower and the dollar regained some of its footing on Friday, as disappointing earnings from U.S. tech giants undermined sentiment ahead of a key U.S. non-farm payrolls report.

LONDON (Reuters) – Self-proclaimed bitcoin creator Craig Wright’s lawsuit against bitcoin network developers to try to recover billions of dollars can continue to trial, a London court said on Friday.

(Reuters) – Traders of futures tied to the Federal Reserve’s policy rate saw an increasing chance Friday that the U.S. central bank is still two interest-rate increases away from ending its current round of rate hikes, after a government report showed January hiring was far strong

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The euro and sterling slipped against the dollar on Friday as markets took a dovish cue from policymakers at the European Central Bank and the Bank of England, who said inflationary pressures in their economies have become more manageable.

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – A new wave of criticism from Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against the central bank weighed on financial markets on Friday, which were also reeling from surprisingly strong U.S. employment data.

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday the International Monetary Fund was giving his country a tough time over unlocking stalled funding from a $6.5 billion bailout at a time the South Asian economy faces an “unimaginable” situation.

It was a busy start to the European session, with Eurozone private sector PMIs beating forecasts. Later today, the US Jobs Report will garner greater interest.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation is set to decline to 2.1% in 2025, just a shade above the European Central Bank’s target, an ECB poll of economists forecast on Friday.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone companies expect to slow the pace of price increases this year as their outlook for costs and demand becomes less clear, a survey by the European Central Bank (ECB) showed.

(Reuters) – The earnings bonanza rumbles on, with U.S. media and consumer stocks and big oil and renewables topping the list in Europe.

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – For all intents and purposes, financial markets think the brutal central bank tightening cycle is done.

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

By Devayani Sathyan and Sujith Pai BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of Australia will deliver a fourth successive quarter-point interest rate hike on Tuesday and is likely to follow up with a fifth in March as it grapples with an unexpected revival in inflation, a