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  • Oil Prices Dip, But Eye Positive Week On Chinese Demand Bets

    Oil Prices Dip, But Eye Positive Week On Chinese Demand Bets0

    Oil prices fell slightly on Friday as traders weighed the prospect of more economic headwinds from rising interest rates, although renewed optimism over a rebound in Chinese demand put prices on course for strong weekly gains. Crude markets logged wild swings in recent sessions amid a series of mixed cues. While better-than-expected Chinese business activity

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  • Asia FX Edges Higher, Korean Won Surges Even As BOK Holds

    Asia FX Edges Higher, Korean Won Surges Even As BOK Holds0

    Most Asian currencies rose on Thursday, recovering a measure of recent losses as the dollar saw some profit taking, with the won appreciating sharply even as the Bank of Korea held interest rates after 18 months of hikes. The South Korean won rose 0.6% and was the best-performing Asian currency for the day, even as

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  • Dollar Edges Lower; Fed Minutes Loom Large

    Dollar Edges Lower; Fed Minutes Loom Large0

    The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Wednesday, handing back some of the previous session’s gains as traders cautiously await the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s February meeting. At 02:55 ET (07:55 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.1% lower

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  • Asian Stocks Hit By Tech Rout, More Fed Cues Awaited

    Asian Stocks Hit By Tech Rout, More Fed Cues Awaited0

    Most Asian stock markets sank on Wednesday tracking overnight losses on Wall Street, with technology-heavy indexes losing the most as caution kicked in ahead of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s February meeting. Japan’s Nikkei 225, the Taiwan Weighted index, and South Korea’s KOSPI were the worst performers for the day, losing between 0.8% and

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  • Asian Stocks Muted Amid Fed Fears, China Buoyed By Stimulus Hopes

    Asian Stocks Muted Amid Fed Fears, China Buoyed By Stimulus Hopes0

    Most Asian stocks kept to a tight range on Monday as markets awaited more cues on monetary policy from a slew of Federal Reserve events this week, while Chinese stocks rose sharply on the prospect of more stimulus spending by the government. China’s Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 and Shanghai Composite indexes rose around 1% each

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  • Australia’s Central Bank Revises Up Inflation Forecasts As Further Rate Hikes Flagged

    Australia’s Central Bank Revises Up Inflation Forecasts As Further Rate Hikes Flagged0

    Australia’s central bank on Friday revised up its forecasts for core inflation and wages growth and warned of further increases in interest rates, raising the risk the economy could slip into recession. In a hawkish-sounding quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said domestically-sourced cost pressures were still picking even if

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