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BUZZ-COMMENT-US recap: Dollar rises for third day, pound slumps
Jan 9 (Reuters) - The dollar index rose for a third day on Thursday, guided higher by haven-related demand and an ongoing slump in sterling as rising gilt yields threaten the UK's fiscal outlook.Trading volumes were muted by a national U.S. holiday in memory of former President Jimmy Carter, while t...Reuters
Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
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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Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
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
Jan 9, 2025
