LONDON (Reuters) – The euro edged down on Monday as investors bought the dollar and prepared for volatile markets ahead of U.S.-China trade talks and a Federal Reserve policy decision. Investors are focused on Wednesday’s Fed meeting when policymakers are expected to signal a pause in their tightening cycle and to acknowledge growing risks to […]

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers launched an inquiry on Friday to plot the best way forward for finance after Brexit as Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) warned it could cut jobs if the United Kingdom crashes out of the bloc without an agreement in two months’ time. The inquiry will determine if the country […]

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth has sent a delicately coded message to Britain’s factious political class over Brexit, urging lawmakers to seek common ground and grasp the big picture to resolve the crisis. With the clock ticking down to March 29, the date set in law for Britain to […]

By Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) – Investors turned bullish on China’s yuan for the first time in nearly eight months, a Reuters Poll showed, after Sino-U.S. trade tensions took a turn for the worse last year and consumed global markets for much of 2018. Long positions on the yuan rose to their highest since mid-May, the […]

By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar held near a three-week high on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged, boosting risk appetite and sending the yen lower. With Tokyo sounding a cautious note on the outlook for global growth, attention shifted to the European Central Bank, which meets on Thursday. […]

By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar held at a near three-week high on Tuesday as investors sought the relative safety of the U.S. currency after the International Monetary Fund cut its forecasts for the world economy in 2019 and 2020. The dollar has been considered a consensus short trade since the end of […]

By Tom Finn LONDON (Reuters) – The euro on Friday was headed for its biggest weekly rise in over four months with the dollar weakening on cautious signals from the Federal Reserve about further rate hikes. The euro has been stuck in a $1.12-$1.15 range for the last three months due to growth fears and […]

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar languished close to one-month lows on Friday, seemingly pressured by year-end positioning with financial markets whipsawed by a collapse in oil prices, sell-off in equities and a threat of a U.S. government shutdown. A day after the Federal Reserve raised policy rates and delivered an outlook that […]

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – The euro clawed itself off recent lows on Monday as the dollar paused near 18-month highs and traders waited to see whether the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week would calm nerves about slowing global economic growth. In a quiet start to European trading, most currencies were little […]

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rallied on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would push ahead with tariffs on Chinese goods, fuelling concern about a Sino-U.S. trade war and boosting demand for the greenback. Sterling was weaker (EURGBP=) across the board after Trump said on Monday the agreement […]