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CANADA FX DEBT-Canadian dollar posts longest monthly losing streak since 2016
Canadian dollar falls 0.2% against greenbackTrades in a range of 1.4374 to 1.455810-year yield hits a 7-week low at 3.062%Updates prices and details on activityBy Fergal Smith Jan 31 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar added to its monthly decline against its U.S. counterpart on Friday in volatile tr...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
Brazil's real notches tenth straight session of gains
Adds context in paragraphs 3-4 SAO PAULO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's real on Friday notched its tenth straight session of gains versus the U.S. dollar in the spot market, closing at 5.8355 reais per greenback. The Brazilian currency reached its strongest closing price since Nov. 26, afte...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
FOREX-Dollar advances after White House reiterates Trump tariff threats
Yen notch monthly gain on bets of more BOJ hikesCanadian dollar weakens and Mexican peso edge higher ahead of Feb. 1 tariff threatFurther rate cuts seen from other major central banksRewrites first paragraph, adds fresh analyst quoteBy Chibuike Oguh and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - ...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
Brazil's real notches tenth straight session of gains
SAO PAULO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's real on Friday notched its tenth straight session of gains versus the U.S. dollar in the spot market, reaching its strongest closing price since November, after gaining back some ground following a sell-off in late 2024.Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
CANADA FX DEBT-Canadian dollar dips in volatile trading on tariff implementation uncertainty
Canadian dollar falls 0.2% against greenbackTrades in a range of 1.4374 to 1.455010-year yield hits a 7-week low at 3.062%By Fergal Smith Jan 31 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Friday in volatile trading as investors weighed the uncertain makeup and timing...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
BUZZ-COMMENT-US recap: Dollar rattled as tariff deadline looms
Jan 31 (Reuters) - The dollar index jumped higher on Friday after the White House affirmed a Feb. 1 deadline for new tariffs against Canada and Mexico and called a report of a 28-day delay before implementation false.White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt declined to say whether there will be exem...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
FOREX-US dollar strengthens amid looming Trump tariffs
Yen set for monthly gain on bets of more BOJ hikesCanadian dollar and Mexican peso edge higher ahead of Feb. 1 tariff threatFurther rate cuts seen from other major central banksUpdates headline, first paragraph, adds fresh analyst quotesBy Chibuike Oguh and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
BUZZ-COMMENT-EUR/USD longs may need Trump to ride to their rescue
Jan 31 (Reuters) - EUR/USD fell to an 8-session low near short-term structural support near 1.0350 on Friday, putting longs at risk and potentially in need of help from U.S. President Donald Trump.Investors positioned long EUR/USD hope the European Union is spared from any U.S. tariffs on imports fo...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
BUZZ-COMMENT-Sterling support by 1.24 tested as traders await Trump tariffs, BoE
Today's U.S. data dump had little impact on sterling, though persistent U.S. inflation expectations, uncertain U.S. trade policy and an upcoming Bank of England interest rate cut seem to conspire against GBP/USD in the near-term.Today's mostly in-court U.S. data aligns with comments by Feder...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
Africa floats critical minerals-backed currency plan as new 'gold standard'
By Duncan MiririNAIROBI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Africa's development bank is proposing a new 'gold standard' style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese and some of the 'rare earths' key to the world's energy transition and el...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar unchanged, benchmark yield slips
The Canadian dollar was unchanged against the greenback on Friday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped. The loonie CAD= was trading is unchanged at C$1.4488 to the greenback, or 69.02 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.4432 to 1.451.Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10Y...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
POLL-Russia's 2025 inflation seen exceeding official forecast again
reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=RUGDPYAP Poll dataRussia's inflation seen at a median of 6.8% in 2025Russia's 2025 GDP growth seen at 1.7%Russia's central bank seen keeping rates on hold in FebBy Elena Fabrichnaya and Gleb BryanskiMOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reu...Reuters
Fri, Jan 31
