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Brexit triggers surprise emerging market asset rally
Reuters, Published on 04/07/2016
» NEW YORK - When British voters shocked world markets by voting to leave the European Union last week, emerging markets assets seemed among the most vulnerable to a full-on retreat to safe havens from riskier investments.
US jobless claims fall to near 43-year low
Reuters, Published on 23/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week to near a 43-year low, suggesting labour market resilience even though hiring slowed sharply in May.
US jobless claims rise more than expected
Reuters, Published on 16/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, but the underlying trend remained consistent with healthy labour market conditions.
US new-home sales race to eight-year high
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2016
» WASHINGTON — New US single-family home sales surged to a more than eight-year high in April and prices hit a record high, offering further evidence of a pickup in economic growth that could allow the Federal Reserve to raises interest rates soon.
US jobless claims drop to 43-year low
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2016
» WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, hitting its lowest level since 1973, suggesting the labour market continued to gain momentum despite weak economic growth.
Gold falls to 1-month low as dollar gains on Fed hike view
Reuters, Published on 28/03/2016
» MANILA - Gold dropped to its weakest in a month on Monday, pressured by a firmer dollar following hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve officials that suggested at least two interest rate hikes this year, with the first potentially coming next month.
Chinese junket firm in Manila got millions in Bangladesh cash
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2016
» MANILA -- More than US$30 million of the money hackers stole from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Fed was delivered in cash to a Chinese casino junket operator in Manila, officials told a Philippines Senate hearing on Tuesday.
Lowest Indonesia inflation in 6 yrs widens room for rate cut
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2016
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia's annual inflation rate cooled to the lowest in six years in December, which might pave the way for the central bank to cut a benchmark rate held at 7.50% since February 2015.
Next Fed rate hike likely in Q1
Business, Reuters, Published on 18/12/2015
» Wall Street's top banks expect the Federal Reserve to next raise US interest rates in the first quarter of next year, according to a Reuters poll conducted on Wednesday, after the Fed raised rates for the first time in more than nine years.
Indonesia inflation eases, but rate cut still unlikely
Reuters, Published on 02/11/2015
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia's inflation rate dropped to its lowest in nearly a year in October, but most analysts say the central bank still lacks room to ease policy due to concern about the rupiah and the impact whenever United States interest rates begin to rise.