November 2024

Sterling squashed by dollar steamroller, traders watch out for Reeves’ speech

LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar since early July on Thursday, pressured by the U.S. currency’s relentless strength following Donald Trump’s election victory. These developments have overshadowed local UK news for investors, though attention remains on finance minister Rachel Reeves’ first Mansion House speech to City leaders, […]

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US Treasury finds no currency manipulation by major trading partners

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -No major U.S. trading partner manipulated its currency in the year to June 30, the Treasury Department said on Thursday in the Biden administration’s final semi-annual currency report before turning over policing of foreign exchange practices to President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, who has frequently complained that the strong dollar is eroding U.S. trade

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Dollar notches weekly gain as traders reassess rate cut expectations

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was set for its biggest weekly gain in over a month on Friday, as markets reassessed expectations of future interest rate cuts and with the view that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies could be inflationary. The dollar has benefited from market expectation that Trump administration policies, including tariffs and tax

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Venezuela depreciation risks reversing years of inflation gains

CARACAS (Reuters) – Currency depreciation is set to reverse years of declining inflation in economically beleaguered Venezuela, public and private sector sources say, as foreign currency sales fall short of demand and the socialist government keeps tight-lipped about its strategy. After years of hyperinflation and amid broad U.S. sanctions, in 2022 the administration of President

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