Yen slides past 161 against the dollar, nearing 40-year low and reviving intervention bets
The yen looked punch-drunk on Wednesday after a sudden spill overnight, pressured by wide interest rate differentials between Japan and...
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Why Japan’s intervention and a rate hike didn’t prop up the yen more
The yen rose on Monday, helped by comments from Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda who left the door open...
India scraps tax on overseas bond investors in bid to attract foreign capital
A money lender counts Indian rupee currency notes at his shop in Ahmedabad, India.Amit Dave | ReutersIndia is doubling down...
India’s central bank may hike rates to defend its currency
People walk past Reserve Bank of India signage in front of an installation stall at Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai,...
Asia markets: investors weigh fragile Iran ceasefire, possible U.S.-Iran deal
Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour.Yaorusheng | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets rose on Wednesday, with Japan and South Korea's benchmark indices...
Goldman Sachs on North versus South Asian stocks
An employee smiles while looking at her mobile phone in front of a digital board showing the Korea Composite Stock...
Central banks offload U.S. Treasuries; China holdings at 18-year low
The US Treasury Department in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Taxday inflows jolted the US Treasury's cash...
Japanese FX intervention wipes out yen’s Iran war losses
Bird's-eye view of central Tokyo including Tokyo Tower at sunrise hours.Vladimir Zakharov | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Japanese yen surged...
Markets bet on U.S.-Iran deal despite Hormuz Strait blockade
Tourists walk past the U.S. Capitol and are reflected in the window of a parked ambulance on Capitol Hill in...
Asia markets set to rise amid hopes of a U.S-Iran deal, China data in focus
A customer is paying attention to the Chinese stock market at a stock exchange in Hangzhou, China, on January 22,...
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