Central bank blunders undermine tough rate talk
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Words are fighting it out with numbers in financial markets at present. Comments by...
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FOREX US dollar falls as Fed’s rate-hike cycle seen as likely done
A bank employee counts U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Acquire Licensing...
Take Five: That most wonderful time of the year
Macy's Santa Claus appears on the trading floor to celebrate the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at the New York...
Bank of England drags Bagehot into the shadows
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Walter Bagehot’s 1873 book “Lombard Street” is a bible for financial policymakers. The English...
US consumer spending cools; labor market gradually slowing
Consumer spending increases 0.2% in OctoberPersonal income gains 0.2%; saving rate climbs to 3.8%Core PCE price index rises 0.2%; up...
US third-quarter growth revised higher; corporate profits rise strongly
Third-quarter GDP growth raised to 5.2% rate from 4.9%Consumer spending revised lowerCorporate profits increase 4.3%WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The...
Investors spy value in cheap Finnish stocks after China and Russia pain
Finnish company KONE flag flutters at their headquarters in Espoo, Finland July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Acquire Licensing RightsFinnish industrials...
Exclusive: UK debt chief says demand back after mini-budget debacle
LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Demand for British government bonds has recovered from the damage dealt by the market turmoil...
Dollar climbs after U.S. labor, consumer sentiment data
A bank employee counts U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Acquire Licensing...
Crushed FX volatility as dollar, finally, subsides
LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - If you were looking for a klaxon to mark the end of the interest rate cycle, a crushing of currency market volatility rings loudly.Deutsche Bank's CVIX (.DBCVIX) - the currency market's version of Wall St's "fear index" of stock volatility and a weighted average of implied "vol" in nine major pairings - has basically imploded.Subdued since mid-year, the CVIX took another sharp leg lower this month and hit its lowest since mid-February 2022 - just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the first of the...