By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yen languished near its weakest in decades on Thursday though the threat of intervention from Japanese authorities kept investors leery of pushing the…
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The yen dam has been breached, but hasn’t burst. Not yet, anyway. The currency’s brief slide on…
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to go slow in phasing out ultra-loose monetary policy with one board member saying the economy’s…
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales rose modestly in February as packed Taylor Swift concerts boosted spending on clothing and eating out, though annual sales growth remained meagre as high…
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By Brigid Riley TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar received a boost against major currency peers on Thursday, as a Federal Reserve official said he wasn’t in a hurry to…
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(Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on six individuals and two entities based in Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates, accusing them of channeling funds to North…
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By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) -Recent disappointing inflation data affirms the case for the U.S. Federal Reserve to hold off on cutting its short-term interest rate target, Fed…
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will set up an A$1 billion ($653 million) fund to help expand solar panel manufacturing at home, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, as it…
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By Mehnaz Yasmin and Lananh Nguyen (Reuters) -Jefferies Financial’s first-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, after it lost money on an investment in hedge fund Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, which has since…