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Dollar Starting Week on a Rising Note, whereas Share Prices and Sovereign Debt Yields Move Lower
July 12, 2021
The dollar climbed 0.6% against the Mexican peso and New Zealand dollar, 0.5% versus the Australian dollar, 0.4% vis-a-vis the loonie, 0.3% relative to sterling an 0.1% against the yen but is steady versus the euro and yuan. Stocks in the Pacific Rim had closed up 2.3% in Japan, 0.9% in Taiwan, 0.8% in Australia […] More
Signs of Economic Recovery and Monetary Policy Patience
June 24, 2021
Overnight dollar movements were mostly down but slight in magnitude. The U.S. currency slid 0.4% against the Mexican peso, 0.3% relative to the New Zealand dollar, 0.2% versus the yen, and 0.1% against the euro, Aussie dollar, loonie and yuan. The dollar also rose 0.5% versus the Turkish lira and 0.3% against sterling. Relative to […] More
CPI Inflation Rose in April to 24-, 14- and 151-Month Highs Germany, France and the United States
May 12, 2021
Equity markets remain vulnerable to fears that higher inflation will compel central banks to raise interest rates sooner than forward guidance has been suggesting. Markets closed down today by 4.1% in Taiwan, 1.6% in Japan, 1.5% in South Korea, and 0.7% in Singapore and Australia. U.S. stock futures are somewhat lower, too. Share prices recovered […] More
Differentiated Growth and Covid Prospects According to Efficiency of Vaccine Roll-Outs
March 25, 2021
The dollar has been taking its cue lately from vaccine news. The United States has handled the roll-out much better the Europe. Britain had been getting vaccinated at a good clip, too, but now faces a possible EU ban of vaccine exports to the U.K.. Japan’s Covid spread has also picked up lately. The proliferation […] More
Projected Euroland Growth in 2021 Revised Lower
February 11, 2021
Many Asian markets were closed today due to holiday observances. China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea were among the countries observing the lunar New Year, and Japan celebrated National Foundation Day. The lack of Asian market leadership confined the dollar to narrow ranges. Compared to Wednesday closing levels, the dollar is unchanged on […] More
Dollar Slinks to Another 32-Month Low and Several Central Banks Leave Interest Rates As Is
December 17, 2020
The DXY trade-weighted dollar index fell below 90 to as low as 89.79. Overnight losses occurred across of broad cross-section of key bilateral dollar relationships amounting to 0.9% versus the kiwi, 0.8% relative to sterling, 0.7% versus the Australian dollar, 0.5% against the yen and euro, 0.3% vis-a-vis the Canadian dollar, and 0.2% versus the […] More
Sharp Equity Declines but Mixed Dollar
August 20, 2020
The U.S. equity market correction triggered by downbeat FOMC minutes released yesterday afternoon set the tone for overnight losses in European and Asian markets where bourses tumbled 3.7% in South Korea and 3.3% in Taiwan and by at least 1.0% in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, India, Germany, France, Italy, U.K., and Spain. Indonesia’s market did […] More
Fourth Filipino Central Bank Rate Cut of 2020
June 25, 2020
At the Central Bank of The Philippines, the key overnight reverse repo rate was reduced by 50 basis points to 2.25%. Such had been also cut by a half percentage point in both March and April and by 25 basis points back in February. Officials released a statement, identifying a deterioration in global GDP conditions […] More
Distress Persists that Runaway U.S. Outbreak Will Constrain Recovery
June 25, 2020
America’s bad Covid-19 numbers continue to dominate world financial markets this Thursday. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are closed for the Dragon Boat Festival, but in other stock markets in the Pacific Rim, share prices closed with losses of 2.5% in Australia, 2.3% in South Korea, 1.5% in Singapore, 1.4% in Indonesia and 1.2% in […] More
Another Filipino Central Bank Interest Rate Cut
April 16, 2020
The central bank in the Philippines implemented a third interest rate cut since early February, reducing its policy rate by 50 basis points after an unscheduled meeting to 2.75%. Earlier cuts of 50 basis points and 25 bps were made on March 19 and February 6. The Monetary Board took today’s action to strongly encourage […] More
