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New Zealand’s PM Key: Yellen Doesn’t See an Enormous Amount of Pressure to Raise Rates in a Hurry Speaking at a press conference, New Zealand PM John Key commented on the Fed interest rates stance...
Asian Shares Firm After Solid U.S. Jobs Data, Dollar Soft Asian share prices held firm on Monday after solid U.S. payroll data underpinned investor risk sentiment while dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen the previous week kept the U.S. dollar in check...
USD/JPY Struggling to Extend Recovery Beyond 111.50 The USD/JPY pair is seen treading water around the mid-point of 111 handle, making minor recovery attempts from session lows amid mixed sentiment persisting on the markets...
AUD: Not a Rate Cut Trigger - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, suggests that the RBA board meeting tomorrow will be the main focus this week. Key Quotes “We (and the market) are expecting rates to remain on hold at 2% as global and domestic economic conditions have recently been tracking reasonably well...
Yen Rises Against Majors The Japanese yen strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The yen rose to nearly a 5-week high of 158.43 against the pound and a 2-week high of 111.32 against the U.S. dollar, from last week's closing quotes of 158.69 and 111...
Iran’s Oil Exports Jump Ahead of Producers’ Freeze Talks - WSJ As reported by WSJ on Monday, Iran’s oil minister on Sunday noted that the country’s oil exports jumped again in March, potentially undermining a global deal to limit crude output and raise prices...
Australia Job Ads Rise In March: ANZ Job advertisements in Australia increased in March after falling in the previous month, latest survey from the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group revealed Monday. Total job ads climbed a seasonally adjusted 0...
Australian Dollar Falls Against Majors The Australian dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The Australian dollar fell to an 8-day low of 85.02 against the yen, from last week's closing value of 85.69. The aussie dropped to 1...
Australia February Retail Sales Unchanged On Month Retail sales in Australia were relatively flat on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. That was well shy of forecasts for an increase of 0.4 percent following the 0...