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FOREX-Dollar flat as market awaits tariff direction, central bank decisions
Dollar index touches fresh two-week lowTraders await more detailed tariff plansECB policymaker comments point to cut next weekUpdates to afternoon U.S. tradingBy Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The dollar was little changed on Wednesday after earlier dipping to a new two-week low, ...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
CANADA FX DEBT-Canadian dollar falls as investors eye wider interest rate gap
Canadian dollar loses 0.3% against the greenbackTrades in a range of 1.4302 to 1.4391Price of U.S. oil hits a 12-day low10-year yield rises 4.1 basis points to 3.304%By Fergal Smith TORONTO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as investors bra...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
BUZZ-COMMENT-US recap:Dollar gains as S&P hits record
Jan 22 (Reuters) - The dollar index rose with Treasury yields on Wednesday as upbeat corporate earnings and President Donald Trump’s announcement of AI infrastructure investment lifted the S&P 500 to a record high.Treasury yields trimmed gains after a solid 20-year auction. The euro pulled back from...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
UPDATE 1-Libya's wealth fund says Belgian court lifts Euroclear asset "seizures"
Adds background, information on UN asset freeze and quote from LIA LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Libya's sovereign wealth fund said there were no remaining asset "seizures" on it in Belgium after a Brussels Court of Appeal ruled to lift a long-imposed freeze of its funds in Euroclear Bank."With ...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
BUZZ-COMMENT-BOJ caution would be kryptonite for yen
USD/JPY bears need a hawkish Bank of Japan or a broadly weaker U.S. dollar to realize profits.The pair is drifting toward the upper end of a 154.78-156.57 weekly range as concerns over U.S. tariffs ease and rising equity markets reduce demand for the haven currency.The options market is signaling ev...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
Cracks could be showing in UK's reserve currency status, rating agency warns
Scope warns UK's AA rating may be at risk if gilt sell-offs continueWorry is over risk that gilts, sterling could be losing safe-haven statusUK debt nearly 100% of GDP, borrowing surged in DecemberBy Marc Jones LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Recent moves in UK debt markets, where gilt yields have ris...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
FOREX-Dollar flat as market looks for tariff clarity
Dollar index touches fresh two-week lowTraders expect cautious US approach to tariffs Updates to morning U.S. tradingBy Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The dollar was flat on Wednesday after touching a new two-week low, as investors continue to await concrete announcements for U.S....Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
BUZZ-COMMENT-EUR/USD's resilience ahead of key risks should comfort bulls
Jan 22 (Reuters) - EUR/USD traded near flat after striking a 3-week high early Wednesday but investors appear comfortable with the pair's recent buoyancy despite looming risks from the ECB and U.S. inflation reports. Comments Wednesday from ECB President Lagarde and other ECB policymakers solidif...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
COLUMN-Third time lucky for 'Year of the Bond' call?: McGeever
The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.By Jamie McGeeverORLANDO, Florida, Jan 22 (Reuters) - After two years of significant underperformance by bonds, investors may have a hard time swallowing claims that 2025 will be the "year of the bond". But there are compel...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips
The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Wednesday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped. The loonie CAD= was trading 0.2% lower at C$1.4352 to the greenback, or 69.68 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.4302 to 1.4371.Canadian government 10-year bond yields CA10YT=R...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
BUZZ-COMMENT-Dollar's tariff risk premium partly unwound
Jan 22 (Reuters) - As noted previously, FX markets have taken a sanguine approach to recent tariff headlines and the tariff risk premium embedded in the dollar has been partly unwound as markets move away from a worst-case scenario. The threat of tariffs will linger in the lead up to February 1, how...Reuters
Jan 22, 2025
