© Reuters. Investing.com – The U.S. dollar little changed Thursday as mostly upbeat economic data was offset by strong rise in sterling on bets the U.K. will avoid leaving the EU without a trade deal. The , which measures the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, rose by 0.08% to 95.76. As
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© Reuters. Investing.com – The greenback rose on Tuesday while the euro was lower as data showed that Germany’s economy slowed in 2018 and investors were waiting for the results on the parliamentary vote on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Growth in the slowed to 1.5% in 2018, the slowest rate of growth
© Reuters. Investing.com – The U.S. dollar was little changed, while the Chinese yuan slipped after data showed the country’s exports shrank the most in 2 years in December. The that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies slipped 0.07% to 95.195. This week investors will be looking ahead to Tuesday’s data on
© Reuters. Investing.com – The greenback rallied on Friday after inflation data came in as expected and increased expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause its rate of interest rate hikes. The , which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six major currencies, inched up 0.11% to 95.21. The rose 1.9% from a
© Reuters. Investing.com – The climbed on Friday in Asia after data showed the country’s for November came in better than expected. Sales rose 0.4% month-on-month, up from 0.3% growth in October and above analysts’ estimates of a 0.3% gain. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar slipped after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated that the central
© Reuters. Investing.com – The euro was slightly higher on Friday, despite lower than expected inflation data. Eurozone rose at a slower-than-expected pace in December, increasing expectations that the European Central Bank will keep interest rates unchanged. The numbers came just after ECB policymaker Benoit Coeure said that interest rates in the EU are likely
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British five pound banknotes are seen in this picture illustration LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling rose on Friday after suffering heavy losses spurred by fears of a global economic slowdown, but uncertainty about Brexit kept its gains in check. The pound sank to its lowest since April 2017 on Thursday after worries
Hackers have released personal data linked to Chancellor Angela Merkel and hundreds of other politicians in Germany in the biggest data dump of its kind in the country. The information includes email addresses, mobile phone numbers, photos of IDs and personal chat transcripts, according to an initial review on Friday. It was leaked over the
© Bloomberg. Jerome Powell Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Jerome Powell gave the U.S. economy a thumbs-up review last month. Since then, the Federal Reserve chairman has received several reasons to temper his assessment. On one hand, labor data are coming in strong and consumption figures look fine. On the other, the latest manufacturing, housing
© Reuters. Global Bonds Rally as Euro-Area Data Add to Fears of a Slowdown (Bloomberg) — European bonds kicked off 2019 with a bang as poor manufacturing data sparked global growth concerns, rekindling demand for the safety of government debt. Gilts led gains across the continent and yields on 10-year German notes fell to the
© Reuters. Investing.com – The yuan gained on Thursday in Asia even after official data showed China’s industrial profits recorded their first contraction since December 2015. The pair slipped 0.1% to 6.8919 at 12:43 AM ET (05:43 GMT). Industrial profits fell 1.8% to 594.8 billion yuan in November from a year earlier, the National Bureau
© Reuters. A woman counts U.S. dollar bills at her home in Buenos Aires By Vatsal Srivastava SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held on to most of its overnight gains on Thursday as investors cheered signs of easing U.S.-Sino trade tensions and stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data, sending Wall Street stocks surging and Treasury yields up.
Two telcos are starting to get into the spirit of year-end holidays with offers of more data to enjoy as the year draws to a close. Unifi Mobile is offering an add-on for its prepaid mobile customers that allows them to enjoy one month of unlimited high speed data. Called the unlimited LTE data pass
TORONTO (Reuters) – Russia’s Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is again on the verge of suspension after a World Anti-Doping Agency inspection team visiting a Moscow laboratory was denied access to raw data to complete its full reinstatement, WADA said on Friday. The five-member WADA team had spent a week in Russia but left the Moscow lab
© Reuters. Investing.com – The yuan fell on Thursday in Asia after China reported a set of weak data. The pair traded 0.13% higher to 6.8917 by 12:30 AM ET (05:30 GMT). The fall in the yuan came after official data showed growth in retail sales and industrial output in China slowed more than expected
© Reuters. Investing.com – The U.S. dollar was lower on Wednesday, as inflation data underlined expectations that the Federal Reserve will slow its pace of rate hikes in 2019. The Labor Department said its was unchanged from a month earlier, slowing from the 0.3% increase seen in October. Analysts had forecast a 0.1% increase. The