Naomi Tajitsu
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Dollar's Extended Reign Delivers Stark Wake-Up Call For Markets
The world’s financial markets are encountering a force they didn’t bet on for 2024: A strong dollar is back and looks set to stay.
- Monday April 22, 2024
- Author: Ruth Carson, Naomi Tajitsu, Carter Johnson, Tania Chen
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Investors Load Up on UK Bonds to Bet BOE Is First to Cut
For investors betting the Bank of England will switch to interest-rate cuts before its peers in Washington and Frankfurt, UK government bonds look like a bargain.
- Wednesday April 10, 2024
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Alice Gledhill
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Funds Drop Bets For Stronger Euro As ECB Seen Cutting Before Fed
Asset managers have slashed their bets on gains in the euro to the lowest in more than a year, as markets factor in the risk that the European Central Bank will move before the Federal Reserve in cutting interest rates this year.
- Monday February 26, 2024
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu
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Pound Bulls Stand Their Ground, Unfazed By U.K. Dip Into Recession
Against the euro, sterling snapped a seven-week run of gains, dragged down by data Thursday that showed the UK economy slipped into a recession last year.
- Monday February 19, 2024
- Author: Alice Gledhill, Naomi Tajitsu
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Pound Bulls Stand Their Ground, Unfazed By U.K. Dip Into Recession
Against the euro, sterling snapped a seven-week run of gains, dragged down by data Thursday that showed the UK economy slipped into a recession last year.
- Monday February 19, 2024
- Author: Alice Gledhill, Naomi Tajitsu
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Dollar Rallies To One-Month High On Easing Fed Rate-Cut Bets
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.4% to its highest level since Dec. 13, as cooling demand for risky assets also boosted the greenback.
- Tuesday January 16, 2024
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Masaki Kondo
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Euro Parity Is Back On The Market’s Radar As U.S. Yields Surge
Over the past two weeks alone, analysts have slashed their forecasts to just shy of $1.
- Sunday October 8, 2023
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Anchalee Worrachate
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Traders Are Bailing on the Euro as Talk of Stagflation Heats Up
Traders are abandoning the euro at pace as speculation grows the European Central Bank will struggle to tighten monetary policy further.
- Thursday August 31, 2023
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Carter Johnson
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German Bonds Gain, Euro Slips As ECB Slows Rate Hiking Pace
The ECB’s move on Thursday takes its official deposit rate to 3.25%, the highest since the global financial crisis.
- Thursday May 4, 2023
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Greg Ritchie
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Pound Tumbles, UK Bonds Lead Rally on Darkening Economic Outlook
Sterling weakened as much as 0.6% versus the dollar on Tuesday, leading losses among the Group-of-10.
- Tuesday January 24, 2023
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu
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Dollar Is Still King for Strategists Looking Beyond Rout
The dollar is heading for its worst week since the pandemic struck, yet analysts think a long-running stampede for the greenback isn’t over yet.
- Saturday November 12, 2022
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Vassilis Karamanis
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Dollar Is Still King for Strategists Looking Beyond Rout
The dollar is heading for its worst week since the pandemic struck, yet analysts think a long-running stampede for the greenback isn’t over yet.
- Saturday November 12, 2022
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Vassilis Karamanis
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UK Bonds Join Global Rally As Traders Wait For Fiscal Plan
The gains came as investors waited for details from the government’s fiscal plans due on Oct. 31.
- Tuesday October 25, 2022
- Author: James Hirai, Naomi Tajitsu
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UK Bonds Join Global Rally As Traders Wait For Fiscal Plan
The gains came as investors waited for details from the government’s fiscal plans due on Oct. 31.
- Tuesday October 25, 2022
- Author: James Hirai, Naomi Tajitsu
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‘Markets Are Calling the Shots:’ UK Traders React to Truss Exit
This month of economic chaos will be a warning to any future British leaders about the risk of being reckless with the country’s finances, said UK traders after Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned.
- Thursday October 20, 2022
- Author: Naomi Tajitsu, Farah Elbahrawy