Yen bags limelight with strongest week in 3 months LONDON/SINGAPORE: The yen headed for its biggest weekly gain since late April on Friday as traders unwound long-held... Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:16am
Business & Finance Yen gains for 2nd day against dollar NEW YORK: The yen rose for a second straight session against the dollar on Tuesday, boosted by comments from a ... Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:38am
Business & Finance Yen hits 4-week high against dollar NEW YORK: The yen hit an almost four-week high against the US dollar on Friday, raising speculation that Japanese... Published 13 Jul, 2024 06:13am
Technology Japan launches banknotes with hologram portraits TOKYO: Japan began circulating its first new banknotes in 20 years on Wednesday, featuring three-dimensional... Published 04 Jul, 2024 07:22am
Markets Dollar regroups before inflation test; yen brushes off Tokyo CPI TOKYO: The dollar was licking wounds against peer currencies on Friday after a downward revision to US GDP for the... Published 31 May, 2024 09:51am
Markets Dollar ascendant as surging US yields spur safety bid TOKYO: The dollar scaled a two-week peak against its major peers on Thursday, as a rout in Treasuries improved the... Published 30 May, 2024 10:04am
Business & Finance Yen hits 4-week low, dollar steady NEW YORK: The dollar held firm on Wednesday, boosted by higher US yields ahead of key inflation data later in the... Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am
Business & Finance Yen retreats after US data NEW YORK: The yen stumbled against the dollar on Tuesday, relinquishing some of its sharp gains in the prior session... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
Business & Finance Japan’s yen hits 34-year low NEW YORK: The yen dropped to its lowest level since 1990 on Wednesday before rebounding slightly after Japan’s top... Published 28 Mar, 2024 06:30am
Markets Yen gets some relief as dollar pulls back after private payrolls report TOKYO: The yen received some much needed relief on Thursday as the dollar settled back and U.S. Treasury yields... Published 05 Oct, 2023 09:27am
Markets Dollar scales 10-month top as rate jitters persist SINGAPORE: The dollar rose to a 10-month high against its major peers on Wednesday, toppling the euro and sterling... Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:46am
Markets Dollar at 10-month top as US yields spike; yen slides SINGAPORE: The dollar stood by 10-month highs against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, supported by US bond... Published 26 Sep, 2023 10:02am
Business & Finance Yen hits 11-month low against dollar NEW YORK: The dollar hit an 11-month high against the Japanese yen on Monday and an almost 10-month high against a... Published 26 Sep, 2023 06:33am
Markets Japan spent record $42.8bn in October interventions to prop up yen TOKYO: Japan spent a record $42.8 billion on currency intervention this month to prop up the yen, the finance... Published 31 Oct, 2022 06:08pm
Markets Japan likely spent record amount in October to prop up yen TOKYO: Japan will announce on Monday that it spent what was likely a record amount on currency intervention this... Published 31 Oct, 2022 12:19pm
Markets Dollar climbs ahead of busy week for central banks LONDON: The dollar advanced on Monday, regaining some ground lost earlier in the month, at the start of a week... Updated 31 Oct, 2022 02:46pm
Business & Finance Yen falls on dovish BOJ as market awaits Fed decision NEW YORK: The yen fell more than 1% against the dollar on Friday after the Bank of Japan bucked the trend among ... Published 31 Oct, 2022 05:55am
Markets Sterling awaits for BoE deadline, fragile yen tests 1998 low LONDON/SINGAPORE: Sterling fell on Thursday, marching towards Wednesday’s almost two-week low, as investors... Published 13 Oct, 2022 01:45pm
Markets Japan ready to take ‘decisive’ steps against yen decline WASHINGTON: Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said the government was ready to take “decisive” action against... Published 13 Oct, 2022 10:36am
Markets Fragile yen tests 1998 low, sterling cautiously steady SINGAPORE: The yen floundered near a fresh 24-year low on Thursday, while sterling held onto overnight gains as... Published 13 Oct, 2022 10:01am
Markets Asian stocks stall, dollar wallops pound and yen SINGAPORE: Asian stocks wallowed at two-year lows on Wednesday, after a strengthening dollar, instability in the... Published 12 Oct, 2022 11:11am
Business & Finance Japan warns against yen sell-off, eyes intervention TOKYO: Japanese policymakers kept up their warnings against investors selling off the Japanese currency as the... Published 12 Oct, 2022 10:45am