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Yen Gains as Some BOJ Policymakers See Rate Hike Soon
Date: December 27, 2024
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Japanese yen rose off a five-month low against the dollar on Friday after a summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan’s December policy meeting showed some policymakers gaining confidence in an imminent rate increase, while the Japanese central bank also cut its monthly bond purchases. Some...
Russian Rouble Seen Around 100 per US Dollar in Early 2025- Reuters Poll
Date: December 27, 2024
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian rouble is expected to keep changing hands for around 100 per U.S. dollar at the start of 2025 and gradually weaken to 108 towards the end of the year, a Reuters poll of 10 economists showed on Friday. The rouble fell to its lowest...
BOJ Produces Estimates on How Future Rate Hikes Affect Earnings
Date: December 27, 2024
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan released for the first time estimates on how future interest rate hikes could affect its earnings, which showed it will briefly suffer red ink of up to $13 billion if short-term borrowing costs were to go up to 2%. The estimates, disclosed on Thursday in...
Dollar Set for Big Annual Gain as Traders Brace for High US Rates
Date: December 27, 2024
By Naomi Rovnick and Ankur Banerjee LONDON, SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar headed towards an almost 7% annual gain on Friday and Japan’s yen for a fourth consecutive year of losses as traders anticipated robust U.S. growth would make the Federal Reserve cautious on rate-cutting well into 2025. The dollar index, which measures the currency...
Dollar Steady, Yen Hovers Near 5-month Low on BOJ Caution
Date: December 27, 2024
By Kevin Buckland and Greta Rosen Fondahn TOKYO (Reuters) -The dollar firmed on Friday at the end of a holiday-thinned trading week, while the yen hovered near a five-month low as traders chewed over contrasting messaging from a hawkish U.S. Federal Reserve and a cautious Bank of Japan. Traders are now betting U.S. rates will...
BOJ Produces Estimates on How Future Rate Hikes Affect Earnings
Date: December 27, 2024
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan released for the first time estimates on how future interest rate hikes could affect its earnings, which showed it will briefly suffer red ink of up to $13 billion if short-term borrowing costs were to go up to 2%. The estimates, disclosed on Thursday in...