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Three United Nations agencies warned that nearly 5 million people in Yemen's southern provinces face food insecurity, with ...
The naira strengthened at the official window in the past week to 1,547/$ from 1,549/$, supported by intervention from the Central Bank of Nigeria, which ...
Rising speculation that currency policies will be on the table during high stakes tariff negotiations. Read more at ...
Some of emerging Asia’s biggest central banks look to be dialing back their interventions in the currency market.
The Nigerian currency has rebounded in the official forex market, gaining by 26 basis points against the naira after days of ...
The Philippines will tolerate the slide in its currency to a two-month low, with the central bank governor flagging that ...
The Swiss franc has appreciated 10% against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of the year. A strengthening franc has put deflationary pressure on the Swiss economy, which returned to deflation last ...
Currency intervention, a strategy often employed by governments and central banks, involves buying or selling foreign currency to influence the value of the domestic currency. In this case, the ...
Intervention in the foreign exchange market allows policymakers to moderate the pace and extent of currency appreciation or depreciation. It can also counter pressure on the exchange rate by reducing ...
Currency intervention is not a new thing. When China does it, the West calls foul. When Japan does it, it’s just another Tuesday. But what is currency intervention? This process involves a ...
Intervention tends to work not by sustainably strengthening a currency, but by credibly setting a floor under the market. For example, if the government is expected to intervene at ¥162 against ...
TOKYO--Japan spent 5.535 trillion yen ($36.23 billion) on currency intervention between June 27 and July 29, Ministry of Finance data showed Wednesday. The data confirmed that Japan conducted ...