Global economy outlook at odds with aggressive rate cut bets: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Global growth is set to stay resilient this year and only pick up pace a bit in 2025, according to a Reuters poll of economists, a…
Analysis-ECB market rate bets: still some unfinished business for the hawks
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – European Central Bank officials are still banging the inflation drum and suggesting interest rates must keep rising, but there’s enough nervousness about banks or a possible policy…
Column-Funds suffer record reversal on record US rate bets: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – First the record wager on higher U.S. interest rates, now the record wipe out. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data released on Tuesday shows just…
Argentina’s Fernandez bets on ‘superministry’ to stop economic bleeding
By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez launched his latest effort to tackle an economy in crisis on Thursday, tapping one of the ruling coalition’s most powerful figures to…
Bears raise bets on Thai baht, dim view on other Asian FX eases – Reuters poll
By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) – Bearish bets on the Thai baht extended on risks around recession, the Chinese economy, and inflation, while short bets on most Asian currencies eased slightly but remained…
Analysis-Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine: time
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on an ancient weapon more powerful than any of the missiles now being supplied by the United States and its European…
New Zealand’s inflation hits 3-decade high, raising bets on sharper rate hikes
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON -New Zealand’s consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in three decades, beating forecasts and raising the prospect of an unprecedented 75 basis point interest rate hike at…
Philippine cenbank’s modest rate-hike stance lifts bearish bets on peso- Reuters poll
By Savyata Mishra (Reuters) – Bearish bets on the Philippine peso grew as the central bank adopted a more modest approach than its peers to tamp down inflation, while short positions on…
Bridgewater’s bearish bets on European stocks jump to $10.5 billion – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Bridgewater Associates has raised its short position on European stocks to $10.5 billion, nearly doubling from the previous week, according to a Bloomberg News report on Thursday, in a sign…
Rogers-Shaw deal approval bets rise after mobile unit sale, shares rally
TORONTO – Shares in Shaw Communications and Rogers Communications rallied on Monday on expectations that the sale of Shaw’s mobile unit will eventually pave the way for regulatory approval of the Canadian…
Speculators raise net long U.S. dollar bets in latest week
(Reuters) – Speculators raised their net long U.S. dollar positions in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of…
Bridgewater bets $6.7 billion against European stocks
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK -Bridgewater Associates has placed at least $6.7 billion in bets against European stocks, according to data group Breakout Point, in a sign that the hedge fund firm…
As Bank of Canada sprints to neutral, bets of recession climb
By Julie Gordon and Fergal Smith OTTAWA – Canada’s central bank has signaled plans to race ahead with a series of oversized hikes to curb inflation, upping the risk of plunging the…
Speculators cut net long bets on U.S. dollar -CFTC, Reuters
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK -Speculators’ net long bets on the U.S. dollar fell to a five-week low, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released…
U.S. dollar net long bets slip, bitcoin futures surge-CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long positioning on the U.S. dollar slipped, after hitting their highest level since late November in the previous week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity…
JPMorgan backs Sri Lanka bonds on bets that crippling crisis to ease
LONDON – U.S. investment bank JPMorgan backed Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit government bonds on Wednesday, saying recent political changes in the country should gradually improve its strains and help its talks with the…
U.S. dollar net long bets rise, bitcoin posts largest net long since CME launch -CFTC, Reuters
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long positioning on the U.S. dollar rose in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released…
Speculators’ net long bets on U.S. dollar trimmed -CFTC, Reuters
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long bets on the U.S. dollar fell for a third straight week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
Asia FX bearish bets firm as cenbanks catch-up to Fed tightening- Reuters poll
By Indranil Sarkar (Reuters) – Bearish bets on most Asian currencies firmed, a Reuters poll found on Thursday, as several regional central banks trail the U.S. Federal Reserve in tightening their monetary…
Speculators pare back net long U.S. dollar bets in latest week -CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long positioning on the U.S. dollar fell in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The…
Bearish bets on Asian FX ease as central banks tilt towards rate hikes – Reuters poll
By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) – Bearish bets on most Asian currencies eased as regional central banks sought to normalise policy due to surging inflation, while investors turned bullish on Singapore dollar for…
Column-Funds get steamrollered on steeper U.S. yield curve bets. Again: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – It will probably come good one day, but hedge funds’ latest attempt to position for a steeper U.S. yield curve has once again backfired badly. Futures…
Investors rein in rate hike bets after BoE softens message
By David Milliken LONDON -Investors scaled back their expectations for future Bank of England interest rate rises this year, sending British bond prices sharply higher, after the BoE hiked again on Thursday…
Gold slides on Russia-Ukraine talks, U.S. rate hike bets
By Bharat Gautam – Gold extended its slide on Tuesday as ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine reduced demand for safe-haven assets, while bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise interest…
Gold slides on Russia-Ukraine talks, U.S. rate hike bets
By Bharat Gautam – Gold extended its slide on Tuesday as ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine reduced demand for safe-haven assets, while bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise interest…
Speculators’ net long bets on U.S. dollar edge higher -CFTC, Reuters
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long bets on the U.S. dollar edged higher in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
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