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Yen rallies after Japan intervenes with first support since 1998

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The Japanese yen soared across...

22nd September, 2022

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Japan intervenes to stop yen slide, after BOJ holds rates super low

By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan intervened in the foreign exchange marke...

22nd September, 2022

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Central banks raise rates again as Fed drives global inflation fight

By Francesco Canepa and Howard Schneider FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global central banks conti...

22nd September, 2022

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Euro zone inflation broadening and will continue to rise, ECB’s Schnabel says

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation is set to go higher and price growth is likely to be more...

22nd September, 2022

Image for Analysis-Race to rein in strong dollar is on after Japan intervenes
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Analysis-Race to rein in strong dollar is on after Japan intervenes

By Tommy Wilkes and Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s intervention to prop up a...

22nd September, 2022

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Bank of England raises rates to 2.25%, despite likely recession

By David Milliken and Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised its key interest...

22nd September, 2022

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Bank of England hikes rates by 50 bps as economy slows

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised its key interest rate to 2.25% from 1.75% on Thursday...

22nd September, 2022

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Fed delivers another big rate hike; Powell vows to ‘keep at it’

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell vowed o...

22nd September, 2022

Image for Analysis-Europe says goodbye to negative rates – or just ‘au revoir’?
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Analysis-Europe says goodbye to negative rates – or just ‘au revoir’?

By Mark John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s decade-long experiment with negative i...

22nd September, 2022

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Czech central bank vice-gov unlikely to vote for rate cut  newspaper

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech National Bank Vice-Governor Eva Zamrazilova is not likely to vote for a rat...

22nd September, 2022

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Bank of England set for second hefty rate rise in a row

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks set to raise interest rates by at lea...

22nd September, 2022

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Dollar soars to two-decade high as Putin shakes FX market ahead of Fed

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar surged to a...

21st September, 2022