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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...


 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...


 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...


 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...


 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...


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

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

December 17, 2022 01:19 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...


 S.Korea central bank to closely monitor FX rates, capital flows

S.Korea central bank to closely monitor FX rates, capital flows

December 15, 2022 12:01 PM AEDT | By Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank said on Thursday it will closely monitor local financial and foreign exchange markets and take stabilisat...


 Philippines revises 2022, 2023 c/a projections

Philippines revises 2022, 2023 c/a projections

December 09, 2022 06:18 PM AEDT | By Reuters

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank on Friday revised its current account projections for 2022 and 2023 to take into account the weaker glo...


 POLL: S.Africa's Reserve Bank to hike repo rate 75 bps on Nov. 24

POLL: S.Africa's Reserve Bank to hike repo rate 75 bps on Nov. 24

November 18, 2022 09:55 PM AEDT | By Reuters

By Vuyani Ndaba JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Reserve Bank will hike its repo rate another 75 basis points to 7.00% on Thursday to reinforce...


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