The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies...
Japanese stocks rose as the yen weakened after the Bank of Japan brought an end to the world's last negative rates in a widely expected move while keeping financial conditions easy for now. Topix rose 1.1% to 2,750.97 as of 3 p.m. Tokyo time Nikkei 225 advanced 0.7% to...
The Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged as widely expected on Tuesday, and said that while inflation had moderated substantially in recent months, it still remained too high. But the central bank struck a somewhat less hawkish note in its policy statement than its prior...
After last Friday's all-time high for a weekly close, gold picked right up where it left off last week, setting multiple all-time highs in both the spot and futures markets despite Fed Chair Powell's milquetoast Capitol Hill testimony and parallel all-time highs in equity markets and...
The yen fell on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended its negative interest rate policy in a monumental but highly anticipated decision, while the Australian dollar also slid after its central bank kept rates steady. The BOJ ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of...
The Bank of Japan pulled the curtain on the most aggressive monetary easing program in modern history by ending the world's last negative interest rate along with its yield curve control mechanism, a widely expected move that weakened the yen. The central bank set a new policy rate range of...
Time | Country | Figures | Previous | Actual |
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10.30 | AUD | Cash Rate | 4.35% | 4.35% |
10.30 | AUD | RBA Rate Statement | - | - |
10.36 | JPN | Monetary Policy Statement | - | - |
10.36 | JPN | BOJ Policy Rate | -0.10% | 0.10% |
11.30 | JPN | Revised Industrial Production m/m | -7.5% | -6.7% |