THE POUND to euro exchange rate has shown a marginal decrease since yesterday morning. On Tuesday, GBP showed little reaction to MPs voting in favour of an early UK general election. What does this mean for your holidays and travel money? The pound to euro exchange rate “held steady” on Tuesday as MPs voted in […] Read more
The Federal Reserve likely will cut interest rates next week, but in doing so will make a pair of adjustments aimed at signaling that the current easing cycle could be over, according to a Goldman Sachs forecast. Markets widely expect the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee to approve a quarter-point reduction at the Oct. 29-30 […] Read more
The Federal Reserve likely will cut interest rates next week, but in doing so will make a pair of adjustments aimed at signaling that the current easing cycle could be over, according to a Goldman Sachs forecast. Markets widely expect the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee to approve a quarter-point reduction at the Oct. 29-30 […] Read more
India’s central bank on Friday cut its benchmark repurchase rate for the fifth consecutive time this year as it continues a concerted push to reinvigorate a stuttering economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.15% with five members of its Monetary Policy Committee voting in favor, […] Read more
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed less than expected in July as the trade war between the United States and China drags on. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) said Wednesday the U.S. international trade deficit came in at $54 billion for July. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected the deficit to narrow to $53.48 billion. […] Read more
American and Chinese investors’ appetite to deploy capital into each other’s projects and deals has dropped to a five-year low as trade tensions propelled the decoupling of the two economies. Investment between the United States and China plunged 18 per cent to US$13 billion in the first six months of 2019 and reached the lowest […] Read more
China could learn a lesson for its possible digital currency issuance from the Hong Kong monetary system that allows “commercial entities” to issue banknotes backed by their own private currency assets, former central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said. Zhou, who served as the governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) for over 15 years […] Read more
President Donald Trump wouldn’t need to hear much from Chinese officials to at least strike a truce in the trade war between the two sides, a senior administration official told CNBC. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet Saturday at the G-20 meeting in Osaka, Japan, with expectations running high that the […] Read more
U.S. consumer prices barely rose in May as a rebound in the cost of food was offset by cheaper gasoline. The data pointed to moderate inflation that could increase pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year. The Labor Department said its consumer price index edged up 0.1% last month. The CPI […] Read more
U.S. consumer prices increased in April, which could allow the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged for a while. Personal income rose 0.5% in the month after ticking up 0.1% in March. Savings increased to $990.3 billion in April from $963.7 billion in March. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index increased 0.3% last month after […] Read more
