Analysis: Currencies

Fed's Waller says he met with Treasury Secretary 10 days ago about Fed chair position, Fox Business reports

WASHINGTON -U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently to further discuss his possible nomination as Fed Chair, as the Trump...

RBI chief says room for more interest rate cuts in India, timing up to panel

MUMBAI -Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said in an interview with Zee Business on Monday that there is scope to further reduce policy interest rates. At the last MPC ...

New AI club to bestow nuclear-like power, says Russian tech boss

MOSCOW -Artificial intelligence will bestow influence on a par with nuclear technology to countries able to get ahead now, a top Russian AI executive said, giving them superiority this century. ...

Union asks judge to order Trump officials to fund US consumer watchdog

A federal employees' union on Sunday asked a federal judge to order the Trump administration to fund the top U.S. consumer watchdog, weeks after the agency said its cash could run out by year's end. ...

Indian rupee at risk of steeper losses, bonds to react to liquidity and growth data

MUMBAI -The Indian rupee is likely to face further depreciation pressure this week, with traders eyeing a move toward 90 per U.S. dollar in the absence of firm central bank intervention, while bond...

BOJ close to raising rates, board member Masu says -Nikkei

TOKYO -The Bank of Japan is nearing a decision to raise interest rates and will not wait until after next year's spring wage negotiations end, its board member Kazuyuki Masu was quoted in the Nikkei...

Fed's Miran would back 25-bp rate cut if he were 'marginal vote' - BBG TV

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran on Friday said he would vote for a quarter-percentage-point interest rate cut at the December meeting if his vote meant the difference in securing a rate...

Shipping giant CMA CGM resumes Russia trade with food cargo

PARIS -French-based CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container shipping line, has resumed limited services to Russia, notably to transport food, three years after withdrawing from the country...

Canada stocks edge higher as Fed rate cut bets rise

Canada's main stock index edged higher on Friday as investors raised bets on a December interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, while markets stabilized after the previous session's hammering. ...

Fed's Jefferson: AI-related stock gains unlikely to be dot-com boom replay

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Friday said he feels the current surge in stocks related to artificial intelligence is unlikely to be a replay of the late 1990s dot-com stock boom that...

Euro zone business activity grows steadily in November, PMI shows

Euro zone business activity grew steadily this month as services expanded at the quickest pace in 1-1/2 years, while weak demand sent manufacturing back into contraction territory, a private survey...

Top ECB officials urge EU to remove internal barriers amid Trump tariffs

FRANKFURT -The European Union can offset the economic drag from U.S. trade tariffs and deglobalisation by removing internal barriers, top European Central Bank policymakers said on Friday. ...

Japan exports unexpectedly strong in October as US tariff impact slows

TOKYO -Japan's exports rose more than expected in October for a second straight monthly gain, government data showed on Friday, underpinned by a milder fall in U.S.-bound shipments, resilient demand...

Germany plans to boost funding for European Space Agency, says minister

BERLIN -Germany plans to significantly increase funding for the European Space Agency, with Research Minister Dorothee Baer set to pledge up to 5 billion euros at the ESA's conference in the...

'Stale' September jobs data is mixed news for a divided Fed

The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in September, but a rise in the unemployment rate and downward revisions to prior months still presented an ambiguous picture for Federal Reserve...

Instant View: Job growth accelerated in September, unemployment rate ticks up

NEW YORK -The pace of U.S. job growth accelerated more than expected in September, and the unemployment rate increased, indicating the labor market remained on the sluggish side, while expectations...

Trump's big bill will boost growth but impact muted by Fed interest rates, research shows

WASHINGTON -The Trump administration's mammoth fiscal legislation will boost economic growth next year, but the impact will be partially undercut by Federal Reserve interest rates kept higher than...

Fed's Hammack warns more rate cuts court financial stability risks

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack warned Thursday that cutting rates further right now carries a wide range of risks for the economy. Given the persistence of...

Lawmakers say Russia should target Belgium, Euroclear and 'unfriendly' investors if EU seizes its assets

MOSCOW -Russia's parliament said on Thursday that any seizure of Russian assets by the European Union must be met by legal action against Belgium and securities house Euroclear, and Moscow could also...