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 Analysis-Pressure builds on Egypt to devalue currency further

Analysis-Pressure builds on Egypt to devalue currency further

March 29, 2023 03:29 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian pound lost ground on the black market again in recent days in a sign that halving its official value ov...


 Swiss National Bank reports annual loss of 132.5 billion Swiss francs

Swiss National Bank reports annual loss of 132.5 billion Swiss franc...

March 06, 2023 05:34 PM AEDT | By Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank reported on Monday an annual loss of 132.5 billion Swiss francs ($141.54 billion), in line with the provisi...


 Asian stocks draw massive foreign inflows on softer dollar, growth optimism

Asian stocks draw massive foreign inflows on softer dollar, growth o...

February 09, 2023 04:38 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Emerging Asia ex-China stocks received massive inflows in January, with investors expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to sl...


 IMF says Nigeria should consider extending banknote swap deadline

IMF says Nigeria should consider extending banknote swap deadline

February 08, 2023 08:53 PM AEDT | By Reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Nigeria should consider extending a deadline to swap old banknotes in light o...


 China's Jan new yuan loans seen hitting record high on policy support- Reuters poll

China's Jan new yuan loans seen hitting record high on policy suppor...

February 08, 2023 08:40 PM AEDT | By Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Yuan loans extended by Chinese banks likely surged to a record high in January as the central bank moved to shore up growth in the...


 Emerging market currencies to gain on better global economic outlook: Reuters poll

Emerging market currencies to gain on better global economic outlook...

February 07, 2023 10:44 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Vuyani Ndaba JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Emerging market currencies are expected to drift higher in coming months thanks to improved global growth pro...


 Japan confirms FX interventions twice in Oct to support yen

Japan confirms FX interventions twice in Oct to support yen

February 07, 2023 11:31 AM AEDT | By Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan confirmed on Tuesday that it did intervene in the foreign exchange market twice in October to support its yen currency, Minist...


 Nigeria disagrees with 'surprise' Moody's downgrade - finance minister

Nigeria disagrees with 'surprise' Moody's downgrade - finance minist...

February 03, 2023 12:22 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Felix Onuah and Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's finance minister said on Thursday she disagreed with what she called a "surprise" down...


 Nigeria's lower house approves extra $2.2 billion central bank loans to government

Nigeria's lower house approves extra $2.2 billion central bank loans...

February 01, 2023 01:25 AM AEDT | By Reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house of parliament has approved President Muhammadu Buhari's request to borrow an extra $2.2 billion in temporary a...


 Lebanese protest record-low value of local currency

Lebanese protest record-low value of local currency

January 25, 2023 11:09 PM AEDT | By Reuters

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Protesters burned tyres and held up handfuls of local currency bills on Wednesday at the entrance of the Lebanese central bank in B...


 Russian central bank launches Chinese yuan swap instrument

Russian central bank launches Chinese yuan swap instrument

January 18, 2023 12:09 AM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Tuesday that it was launching a new Chinese yuan currency swap instrument as the volume of transactions betw...


 Russia to resume forex interventions with sale of Chinese yuan

Russia to resume forex interventions with sale of Chinese yuan

January 11, 2023 08:54 PM AEDT | By Reuters

(Reuters) - Russia said it would resume intervention with the sale of Chinese yuan on the foreign currency market from Friday as part of the budget ru...


 Czech central bank stayed out of FX markets in November

Czech central bank stayed out of FX markets in November

January 09, 2023 08:13 PM AEDT | By Reuters

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech National Bank stayed out of currency markets in November, the first month it did not sell foreign currency since it began...


 China's central bank - commercial banks' reserve conversions boosted its net FX purchases

China's central bank - commercial banks' reserve conversions boosted...

January 05, 2023 12:55 AM AEDT | By Reuters

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on Wednesday that a high amount of foreign currency it has bought recently was a result of com...


 Asian stocks in 2022 suffer biggest foreign outflows since 2008  global crisis

Asian stocks in 2022 suffer biggest foreign outflows since 2008 glo...

January 04, 2023 08:51 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Foreign investors withdrew more money from emerging Asian equities in 2022 than they had done in any year since the global...


 Indonesia rail company gets $200 million capital top up for China-backed project

Indonesia rail company gets $200 million capital top up for China-ba...

January 03, 2023 06:47 PM AEDT | By Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's state-owned railway firm PT KAI said on Tuesday it has received a 3.2 trillion rupiah ($205.33 million) capital inject...


 Bank of Korea sells net $17.54 billion in Q3 forex intervention

Bank of Korea sells net $17.54 billion in Q3 forex intervention

December 30, 2022 07:12 PM AEDT | By Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank sold a net $17.54 billion as it intervened in the foreign exchange market during the quarter from July to...


 Nigeria's naira hits record low on official market - Refinitiv data

Nigeria's naira hits record low on official market - Refinitiv data

December 28, 2022 11:04 PM AEDT | By Reuters

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's naira hit a record low of 460.20 to the dollar on the official market on Wednesday, down from its opening position of 454....


 Philippines posts $756 million balance of payments deficit in November

Philippines posts $756 million balance of payments deficit in Novemb...

December 19, 2022 11:36 PM AEDT | By Reuters

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' overall balance of payments (BOP) position hit a deficit of $756 million in November, compared with the $123 milli...


 Czech interest rates likely to stay on hold until mid-2023 - Reuters poll

Czech interest rates likely to stay on hold until mid-2023 - Reuters...

December 17, 2022 01:20 AM AEDT | By Reuters

By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech National Bank (CNB) is likely to hold interest rates steady at its final policy meeting of 2022 on Dec. 21...


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