Analysis: Currencies

Brazilian lender BRB expects lower Banco Master price with deal adjustment, CEO says

The acquisition of some of lender Banco Master's assets by Brazil's government-controlled bank BRB is likely to exclude much more than 23 billion reais in assets, BRB's president said on Thursday. ...

Fed should lead in financial technology space, Harker says

Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker did not comment on the outlook for the economy or monetary policy in prepared remarks for a speech to a financial technology innovation conference...

Markets boomerang as 'Trump Blink' redefines volatility

U.S. President Donald Trump's U-turn on tariffs has rained yet more volatility on markets, leaving investors skidding from stocks to safe-havens and back, and while previous crises have seen bigger...

Russia plans to soften capital controls on new investments

Russia is planning to soften capital controls on new foreign investments, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday, opening the door for companies - including Western ones - looking to...

Kenyan shilling gains as Trump pauses tariffs

Kenya's shilling gained ground against the dollar on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump's unexpected decision to temporarily suspend most of his recently imposed tariffs, traders said. ...

Fed minutes show broad sense US risks tilted towards higher inflation, slower growth

WASHINGTON -U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers were nearly unanimous at their meeting last month that the U.S. economy faced risks of simultaneously higher inflation and slower growth, with some...

Sterling hits one-year low versus euro as investors rush into safe havens

The pound hit a one-year low versus the euro and a new 7-month low versus the yen on Wednesday, as a U.S. asset selloff spooked investors, triggering a rush into safe-haven currencies. ...

BOJ sticks to rate-hike stance but signals pause on US tariff risks

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank must scrutinise without preconception whether the economy is on track to meet its projection, suggesting the chance of a pause in interest rate...

Brazil regulator authorizes fresh 7,500 Starlink satellites to operate locally

SAO PAULO -Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel authorized Elon Musk's SpaceX to add 7,500 new Starlink satellites to operate in the Latin American nation, the watchdog said on Tuesday. ...

Supervisors monitoring tariffs impact on banks, no liquidity problems yet, Bank of Spain says

The head of supervision at the Bank of Spain said it was too early to measure the impact from the new U.S. tarrifs but said European supervisors were continuously monitoring the situation and had not...

Japan's bankruptcy filings hit 11-year high in FY2024/25, TSR tally shows

Japan's bankruptcy filings in fiscal 2024 totalled 10,144, the most in 11 years, credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research said on Tuesday, amid rising uncertainties around the Bank of Japan's rate...

Rupee hits over two-week low hurt by weaker Chinese yuan, importer hedging

The Indian rupee fell to a more than two-week low on Tuesday, weighed down by a weaker yuan and corporate hedging demand, while forward premiums eased on rising U.S. bond yields. The...

Carney says chances of US recession has shot up, will hit Canada

The probability of a U.S. recession has risen significantly thanks to President Donald Trump's tariffs and that will have a major negative effect on the Canadian economy, Prime Minister Mark Carney...

More Canadian firms see chance of recession in next year - central bank survey

Canadian firms and consumers see a sharply higher chance of recession over the coming year as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and possible retaliation fuel widespread uncertainty, the Bank of...

EU finance ministers to discuss tariff impact on economy

European Union finance ministers will discuss on Friday how to tackle the expected blow to Europe's economic growth from tariffs imposed by the United States on EU goods, the chairman of the meeting...

Argentina's zombie mortgage market is coming back to life

Argentina's mortgage market, for years almost non-existent due to spiraling triple-digit inflation and high borrowing costs, is starting to show signs of coming back to life under the pro-market...

BOJ says uncertainty for Japan economy growing as Trump tariffs rock markets

TOKYO -The Bank of Japan said uncertainty over Japan's economy was growing as some firms worried about the hit to profits from higher U.S. duties, a sign that President Donald Trump's sweeping...

US tariffs to hit India's GDP growth, prompt more rate cuts

MUMBAI -India's economic growth could slow by 20-40 basis points in the ongoing financial year due to the latest U.S. tariffs, which would prompt deeper interest rate cuts by the central bank,...

Netanyahu says will seek relief from tariffs in meeting with Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will ease tariffs imposed on Israel when the two meet in Washington this week. Under a...