Currency Markets in the News
Global Recession Produced Collapsing Trade Flows
July 15, 2009
Collapsing is not my word. It’s how a report released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development chose to characterize commercial trade flows during the final quarter of 2008 and first quarter of this year. Nominal exports of goods and services from this 30-nation bloc of advanced economies dropped 13.4% in the first […] More
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Bank of Thailand Key Rate Left at 1.25% As Expected
July 15, 2009
The one-day repo policy rate in Thailand was left at 1.25%. Economic and world financial conditions have improved gradually, and officials project more of the same, assuming a sustained global upturn and intensifying fiscal stimulus. Although the monetary stance is deemed to be accommodative, the bank’s statement today reiterated that subdued inflation allows scope to […] More
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Bank of Japan Extends Duration of Quantitative Credit Facilities
July 15, 2009
Two unanimous 8-0 votes by the BOJ Policy Board agreed to leave the seven-month-old 0.1% overnight rate target unchanged and to push backward the expiration of temporary liquidity-supporting measures (e.g., outright purchases of corporate bonds and commercial paper) by three months. A statement from the central bank upgraded the economic statement, claiming that conditions are […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
New Overnight Developments Abroad: Dollar and Yen Lower
July 15, 2009
The dollar is mostly lower, and stocks have risen following better-than-expected corporate quarterly earnings announced yesterday. The dollar lost 1.0% against the kiwi and Australian dollar, 0.9% relative to the Swiss franc, 0.8% against the euro, 0.5% versus sterling,and 0.4% against the Canadian dollar. The U.S. currency is 0.1% higher against the yen. The euro […] More
