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On Tuesday the dollar moved lower against the euro and the yen, as uncertainty over the possibility of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve grew ahead of the central bank's policy meeting scheduled next week...
Stocks fell in Tokyo, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average erasing its gains in 2015, after data showing Chinese exports fell for a second month outweighed a report that signaled Japan’s economic downturn is not as deep as first reported...
Oil prices were down slightly on Monday as traders start to position ahead of economic growth data from the eurozone due out this week...
According to a new poll, more citizens of the United Kingdom expressed willingness to leave than to stay in the European Union. The potential for an exit has spurred real concerns among British businesses and investors, which have enjoyed trading benefits associated with EU membership...
This week starts with a very quiet economic calendar but continues potentially with three policy meetings of major central banks. Moreover, market players expect the euro area and the U.K. to release the final GDP, and Australia and the U.K...
On Monday, the Shanghai market was jittery, despite calming comments from the governor of China’s central bank over the weekend and more efforts by the government to contain market rout. The Shanghai Composite gauge was up nearly 2% earlier, before falling back to close with a loss of 2...
China trimmed its growth rate for 2014 to 7.3% from 7.4%, in a move likely to add to concerns about the world's second largest economy...
On Monday the Australian dollar hit a six-year trough against its U.S. counterpart before regaining ground after the release of upbeat job advertisement data from Australia. The gains were capped, however, as hopes for a U.S. rate hike continued to support the greenback...
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker, who had been in favor of a rate hike in June and will have a vote at the Fed's September 16-17 policy meeting, said the U.S. economy no longer needs interest rates near zero. His comments came minutes before the U.S. Labor Department released its report...