A pedestrian walks past a display board showing the morning numbers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on August 5, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images A rapid unloading of “carry trades” extended on Monday, with market participants seeking to roll back on the popular strategy amid a … Read more
A man walks past an electronic quotation board displaying the exchange rate for the Japanese yen against the US dollar in Tokyo on August 2, 2024 Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images The key driver of global markets is the yen exchange rate, according to one financial historian, who warned the trend should concern … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama woman has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges for fraudulently claiming nearly $2 million in pandemic relief funds. Tametria Conner Dantzler, 39, entered the plea Wednesday. She could get up to 20 years in prison when she’s sentenced. According to her plea agreement and court records, … Read more
LONDON — With sterling as one of the best performing major currencies so far this year, analysts at various investment banks believe that the British pound still has more room to run, despite the Bank of England likely cutting interest rates in the near term. In a recent research note, experts at Goldman Sachs were … Read more
New Japanese 1000 Yen banknote on display inside the Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan’s Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies. The new banknotes will start circulate from July 3, 2024. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Japanese authorities spent 5.53 trillion yen ($36.8 billion) to shore up the yen in July, official … Read more
The Ledger Flex is a new, cheaper hardware crypto wallet from French startup Ledger. It sports an E-ink display and can be used to secure a range of crypto assets. The device is retailing at $249. Ledger Cryptocurrency storage company Ledger is raising the price of its iPod-like Stax hardware wallet by 40% — just three … Read more
People stand outside a money changer looking at the rates of the Japanese yen against foreign currencies, along a street in central Tokyo on April 29, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images The dollar lost around 2% against the Japanese yen on Thursday as the market was suddenly jolted by fresh inflation … Read more
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve may start cutting interest rates before year’s end. That could make future trips abroad more expensive for the nation’s travelers. That’s due to how interest-rate policy affects the strength of the U.S. dollar. Here’s the basic idea: An environment of rising U.S. interest rates relative to … Read more
Sheets of newly-designed Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes move through a machine at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo plant in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Persistent weakness in the yen is raising concerns about the potential for a resurgence in cost-push inflation, likely weighing on private consumption. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The … Read more
A bank employee count China’s renminbi (RMB) or yuan notes next to U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023. Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters DALIAN, China — For China’s yuan to be used more globally, the currency needs more “applications” such as for stocks and bonds, Bonnie Chan, CEO of Hong … Read more
