Reuters wins Polk Award for coverage of Elon Musk’s business empire
(Reuters) – The staff of Reuters has received a George Polk Award for its coverage of how Elon Musk’s manufacturing operations harmed consumers, workers and laboratory animals. The prestigious Polk Awards, presented…
BoK to pause in April but rates to go up every quarter – Reuters poll
By Shaloo Shrivastava BENGALURU – The Bank of Korea is likely to stand pat at its meeting this week as its committee awaits the appointment of a new governor, but it will…
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…
RBNZ to raise rates by 25 bps on April 13, some call for 50- Reuters poll
By Devayani Sathyan and Vivek Mishra BENGALURU – New Zealand’s central bank will opt for a modest 25 basis point interest rate rise on April 13, but is set to raise by…
Brazil real to keep close to pre-pandemic levels despite feeble economy: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES – Brazil’s real will keep trading close to its pre-pandemic levels in coming weeks, still riding a wave of positive sentiment that is strikingly at odds with…
Canadian dollar seen higher if BoC front-loads rate hikes- Reuters poll
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – REUTERS POLL-CANADIAN DOLLAR TO STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY TO 1.25/USD IN THREE MONTHS, MATCHING MARCH’S FORECAST REUTERS POLL-CANADIAN DOLLAR SEEN UP 2% AT 1.23/USD IN ONE YEAR Canada’s dollar…
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…
U.S. dollar to stay dominant so long as Fed stays hawkish: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan and Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The U.S. dollar will remain dominant for now so long as the Federal Reserve stays a hawkish course on interest rate hikes and its…
Bank of Canada to hike rates by 50 basis points in April- Reuters poll
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The Bank of Canada will raise its overnight interest rate by 50 basis points at its next policy meeting on April 13, according to a majority of…
Reserve Bank of India to wait at least until August to raise repo rate – Reuters poll
By Prerana Bhat and Tushar Goenka BENGALURU – The Reserve Bank of India will delay its first interest rate rise by at least four months to August at the earliest, according to…
Oil above $100/barrel to stay as market struggles to replace Russian barrels: Reuters poll
By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – A rally in oil is set to continue with prices staying well above $100 this year as a parched market struggles to wean itself off Russian oil,…
Japan Q2 growth to be slower than first expected on price rises, Ukraine war – Reuters poll
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO – Japan’s economy will grow at a slower pace than previously thought next quarter in part due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its inflationary effect on global…
COVID cases in Asia surpass 100 million – Reuters tally
By Rittik Biswas and Roshan Abraham (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections in Asia passed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region records a resurgence in cases, dominated by…
China’s March factory activity likely shrank amid virus outbreaks – Reuters poll
BEIJING – China’s factory activity likely shrank in March, a Reuters poll showed, as the country imposed more mass testing and activity controls amid its worst resurgence of COVID-19 cases since early…
Czech central bank seen raising rates to highest since 2001: Reuters poll
PRAGUE – The Czech National Bank is set to raise its main rate by 50 basis points to 5.00% on March 31, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, which would be the…
Bank of Thailand to keep steady policy hand as growth trumps inflation – Reuters poll
By Md Manzer Hussain BENGALURU – Thailand’s central bank will not raise interest rates from a record low for more than a year in a bid to support an economy still struggling…
Asia FX bears remain firm as risks from geopolitics, inflation persist – Reuters poll
By Harshita Swaminathan – Investors stayed bearish on most emerging Asian currencies and turned short on Thailand’s baht for the first time in three months, as uncertainty from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Swiss National Bank expected to resist global rate-hike trend: Reuters poll
(Corrects currency in 5th graf, no other changes.) ZURICH – The Swiss National Bank will likely hold fast to the world’s lowest interest rate when it gives its latest monetary policy update…
Philippines central bank to start tightening in Q4, earlier hike possible – Reuters poll
By Shaloo Shrivastava and Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU – The Philippines central bank will leave policy on hold at Thursday’s meeting to support a nascent recovery, despite a recent U.S. Federal Reserve rate…
U.S. bars ex-spies from becoming ‘mercenaries,’ following Reuters series
By Joel Schectman and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON – A new law bans the United States’ former spies from hiring themselves out to foreign governments right after they stop working for Washington. The…
Japan March manufacturers’ mood up, Ukraine crisis clouds outlook – Reuters Tankan
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Japanese manufacturers’ business confidence improved for the first time in three months in March, as automakers became less pessimistic, though firms feared a fresh surge in energy…
Russian cenbank is expected to hold key rate at 20% on Friday – Reuters poll
– The Russian central bank is expected to hold its key interest rate unchanged at 20% on Friday after a sharp emergency rate hike in late February designed to support financial stability,…
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…
Bearish bets on Asia FX rise amid Ukraine crisis, rupee shorts near two-year high – Reuters Poll
By Shashwat Awasthi and Harshita Swaminathan – Investors raised their bearish views on most Asian currencies, with short bets on the Indian rupee at a near two-year high, as Russia’s invasion of…
Indian inflation likely slipped in Feb but set to rebound soon – Reuters Poll
By Tushar Goenka BENGALURU – Indian retail inflation likely slipped marginally in February, thanks to lower food prices, according to economists in a Reuters poll who still warned that surging oil prices…
Speculators pare bullish U.S. dollar bets to lowest since mid-Aug -CFTC, Reuters data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long positioning in the U.S. dollar dropped in the latest week to the lowest level since mid-August 2021, according to calculations by Reuters and…
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