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...The dollar’s move against the yen followed a stronger-than-expected readout of US inflation in March....
...Traders in Tokyo said that with markets now betting that a US interest rate cut will not come before at least September, the large difference in rates between the US and Japan was set to persistent downward...
...This week economic data from the US reduced expectations for interest rate cuts, leading Asian currencies to fall against the dollar....
...Japan’s currency has suffered most from the rise in US rate expectations, which has pushed the yen to its weakest level since 1990, putting the finance ministry on red alert for a possible intervention....
...Yields on benchmark 10-year US Treasuries fell 0.03 percentage points to 4.14 per cent, reflecting rising prices....
...The yield on benchmark 10-year US treasuries was 0.03 percentage points higher at 4.54 per cent, relatively unmoved by data that showed 217,000 Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits in the week...
...in their current range....
...There is also some limited trade denominated in local currencies to avoid Ukraine-related US trade and financial sanctions....
...“The Times 03/Jan/2009: Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.”...
...Benchmark German government bond yields have risen from 2.03 per cent to 2.43 per cent since the start of January, reflecting a fall in prices....
...But the growing gap between borrowing costs in Japan and the US and Europe, as 10-year US Treasury yields surged to their highest levels in 16 years, has put pressure on the BoJ to tighten policy as the...
...Yields on the 30-year note advanced 0.03 percentage points to 4.72 per cent....
...West Texas Intermediate, the US marker, added 0.5 per cent to $90.03. The dollar advanced 0.2 per cent against a basket of six peer currencies to a six-month high....
...“If you are a Japanese investor you can’t invest in US Treasuries unless you take the currency risk — in terms of fixed income the only attractive market is their domestic one.”...
...US stocks declined and oil prices hit 2023 highs on Tuesday, stirring investors’ concerns about mounting price pressures a day before the release of the closely watched US inflation report....
...The moves in US government bond markets came after the US central bank announced it would leave interest rates unchanged, in a range of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent....
...The US dollar added 0.5 per cent against a basket of six peer currencies....
...In government debt markets, the yields on 10-year German Bunds, a regional benchmark in Europe, rose as much as 0.03 percentage points to 2.58 per cent as traders struggled to place their bets on the outcome...
...The yield on the policy-sensitive two-year US Treasury was up 0.06 percentage points to 5.02 per cent, while the yield on the 10-year note climbed 0.03 percentage points to 4.3 per cent....
...The dollar slipped 0.1 per cent lower against a basket of six other currencies....
...The tax exile built his reputation as a currency speculator when he, like George Soros, bet against the pound in the build-up to Black Wednesday in 1992....
...The Japanese currency slid to ¥146.6 per dollar after Jay Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve, raised the prospect of further domestic interest rate rises, potentially widening the vast gap between US...
...The US is walking a fine line in the Israel-Hamas war, and Israel’s currency is struggling because of the conflict. Plus, you know how Netflix will ask you if you’re still watching?...
...The yield on the two-year note rose 0.03 percentage points to 4.9 per cent....
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