Forex News

LONDON (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Amanda Cooper.

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s international reserves grew to an 11-year high of $31.9 billion at the start of April thanks to foreign aid, lower demand for hard currency and moderately-sized payments on government debt, the central bank said on Thursday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank held its key repo rate steady on Thursday, after having raised it at each of six previous meetings, as risks to growth have risen following recent global financial turmoil.

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – As “fragmentation” of politics and economics becomes the new buzzword for a world that appears to be splintering into blocs, the related costs of the new order are only now being totted up.

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

By Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank is widely expected to raise its benchmark rate on Thursday for the seventh consecutive meeting and leave the door open for more increases to bring inflation back within its target range, economists said.

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – There will be no Asia Morning Bid on Friday, April 7. It will resume on Monday, April 10.

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Stocks struggled to make headway on Wednesday, the dollar nursed losses and bonds clung to gains, as signs of a slowing U.S. labour market made investors nervous about the economic outlook, while a bigger-than-expected rate hike lifted the kiwi dollar.

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was stuck near two-month lows on Wednesday as weak economic data bolstered views that the Federal Reserve is near the end of its monetary tightening cycle.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s central bank on Wednesday improved its expectations for the country’s economic growth this year but lowered estimates for 2024 as high inflation keeps hindering “sustainable” growth.

By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s central bank held its main interest rate at 6.75% on Wednesday, ahead of an expected sharp fall in inflation in the coming months.

By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Colombia’s peso will likely stay weak on signs the central bank is turning to a wait-and-see approach on interest rates, combined with downside pressures from the currency’s mismatch against oil prices, a Reuters poll showed.

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan

By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal

By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar is set to rally over the coming year, after a period in which it consolidates its recent gains, as an expected slowdown in economic activity stops short of a hard landing for the economy, a Reuters poll

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

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

By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar will weaken against most major currencies this year as the interest rate gap with its peers stops widening, putting the currency on the defensive after a multi-year run, according to a Reuters poll of foreign exchange strategists.

By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian stocks dithered on Tuesday as investors grappled with inflation concerns in the wake of the surprise cuts to the OPEC+ group’s oil output targets, while treasury yields retreated after frail U.S. manufacturing sector data.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar wobbled on Tuesday after a slump in U.S. manufacturing activity last month pointed to further signs of a slowing economy and trumped renewed inflation concerns following OPEC+’s surprise output cut.