The yen’s fresh slide to a 34-year low complicates the Bank of Japan‘s deliberations on the timing of a next interest rate hike, as a resulting rise in import costs pushes up inflation but also hurts already weak consumption and the broader economy. If that weakness persists and discourages small firms from hiking pay, the … Read more
The dollar treaded water on Tuesday as investors braced for an highly anticipated inflation report, while the yen strengthened ahead of the expected announcement of surprise pick Kazuo Ueda as the next Bank of Japan governor. Markets are looking to the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) data for further clues on Federal Reserve’s policy outlook, … Read more
Gold slumped to a 16-month low last week but managed to recover and end the week with a 1.1 per cent gain bringing a halt to its five week losing streak. Despite the recovery, there is little encouragement for yjegold bulls as they face the next big challenge which is the Fed‘s monetary policy decision … Read more
SINGAPORE: The yen fought for a footing on Tuesday, following its worst session in 16 months, as the Bank of Japan pins down bond yields at a time when they are rising sharply in the rest of the world. The Japanese currency fell as much as 2.4% to 125.10 to the dollar overnight, its lowest … Read more
HONG KONG: The Japanese yen resumed its slide on Monday morning, after the Bank of Japan stepped into the market to defend its implicit yield cap, and bitcoin rose to nearly its highest this year ahead of a week filled with plenty of data to guide markets. The yen fell to as low as 122.78 … Read more