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FOREX-Dollar climbs for 3rd straight session, sterling weakness continues
Sterling slides to 14-month lowInvestors brace for Trump tariff plansFed officials signal rate cut cautionUpdates to afternoon U.S. tradingBy Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar strengthened for a third straight session on Thursday as Treasury yields dipped but held at e...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
CANADA FX DEBT-Loonie dips as investors await Canada's response to US tariff threat
Canadian dollar slips 0.1% against the greenbackTrades in a range of 1.4366 to 1.440410-year yield rises to nearly six-week highBy Fergal Smith TORONTO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar edged lower against its U.S. counterpart for a third-straight day on Thursday as investors questioned the ...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
Canadian Dollar continues slow grind lower on Thursday
The Canadian Dollar (CAD) chalked in a third straight losing day against the US Dollar on Thursday, falling for a third straight day and highlighting the Loonie’s ability to lose ground against the Greenback even when US markets aren’t open.
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Thu, Jan 9
BUZZ-COMMENT- Yen holds in range versus greenback as sterling attracts shorts
Yen bulls have adopted sterling as the new favored short in a risk-off run-up to U.S. payrolls and the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Friday’s U.S. job report may be dud for USD/JPY. The median forecast for non-farm payrolls is a 160K increase in December, with average earnings expect...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
FOREX-Dollar climbs for third straight session, sterling slump continues
Sterling slides to 14-month lowEuro hovers near 2-year low, investors wary may fall to $1Yen lingers near levels that brought intervention in JulyInvestors gird for Trump tariff plansUpdates to morning U.S. tradeBy Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar advanced for a third...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
BUZZ-COMMENT-AUD/USD shorts at risk if US payrolls lead to an easier Fed
Jan 9 (Reuters) - AUD/USD struck a 27-month low Thursday but left major support at the 2022 yearly low untouched as profit taking from shorts helped erased much of the day's drop, and unless the U.S. December payroll data cooperates investors positioned short could get squeezed hard.U.S. interest ra...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
ANALYSIS-For good reasons and bad, global bond wobble passes over euro zone
Euro zone yields rise far less than US, UK peersECB still on course to cut interest rates quickly Euro zone economy stagnantBy Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Just as Britain and the United States come under pressure from investors worried about growing debt and sticky inflation, th...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
UPDATE 2-UK's Reeves under pressure after financial markets rout
Jump in gilt yields turns focus on Reeves budget plans30-year government borrowing costs highest since 1998Sterling falls, bond move off lowsReeves under pressure to cut spendingGovernment promises iron grip on public financesAdds latest market pricing paragraph 3, Conservatives 7, Goldman Sachs 19,...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
Pound plumbs 14-month low, rattled by gilt market rout
UK government bond yields highest in 16 yearsHigher yields add to worries over UK government financesFinance ministry says it has 'iron grip' on public purseUpdates prices in mid-afternoon European tradingBy Amanda Cooper and Harry Robertson LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The pound hit its lowest sinc...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips
The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped. The loonie CAD= was trading 0.2% lower at C$1.4394 to the greenback, or 69.47 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.4366 to 1.4403.Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=RR...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
GRAPHIC-UK markets are in the eye of the global bond storm
By Alun John, Harry Robertson and Naomi Rovnick LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - British markets are among the biggest victims of a global bond selloff that has spilled over into currencies and stocks this week.Yields on long-dated British government bonds are at their highest in decades - putting gover...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
FOREX-Firm dollar adds pressure to sterling and euro
Sterling slides to 14-month lowEuro hovers near 2-year low, investors wary may fall to $1Yen lingers near levels that brought intervention in JulyInvestors gird for Trump tariff plansUpdates in European afternoon tradingBy Ankur Banerjee and Greta Rosen Fondahn Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar d...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
QUOTES-Global investors eye UK gilts selloff with caution
By Harry Robertson and Naomi Rovnick LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The UK government bond market has sent investors an unwelcome reminder of the kind of volatility that can materialise when enough concern builds over government finances, as yields soared to their highest since 2008 and the pound has ...Reuters
Thu, Jan 9
