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Apr 19, 2018
The Hong Kong dollar has been mostly depreciating against its U.S. counterpart since the beginning of last year, driven by a wide gap between U.S. and Hong Kong interest rates.
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Apr 18, 2018
Economic policy makers gathering in Washington are sticking to optimistic global growth forecasts in the face of growing risks, foremost being trade tensions that have unsettled financial markets.
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Apr 17, 2018
The central bank will reduce by 1 percentage point the amount of reserves commercial banks are required to hold, freeing up funds for banks to lend and repay short-term loans and signaling fresh worries about slowing momentum for economic growth.
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Apr 17, 2018
With a cash shortage in parts of India reviving memories of the great currency squeeze of 2016, authorities sought to allay concerns, saying the problem is limited to pockets of the country and would be fixed soon.
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Apr 17, 2018
Russian stocks are cheap on every measure. But the cheapness shows up the trouble with simple "value" strategies.
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Apr 16, 2018
It has been a rough ride this year for many of 2017's winning trades. But one region is weathering the market storm relatively well: Southern Europe.
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Apr 16, 2018
Shares of companies with the word "Hainan" in their names surged Monday—an otherwise down day for Chinese stocks—after President Xi Jinping pledged that the country's Hainan province would become a free-trade zone.
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Apr 15, 2018
Gold prices are locked in a tug of war, with investors piling in during periods of political stress only to pull out when interest rates look poised to rise.
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Apr 15, 2018
U.S. sanctions on certain Russian oligarchs and firms are rippling across the economy, threatening to punish more than a dozen other Russian companies that need to refinance $22.8 billion in international bonds over the next 18 months.
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Apr 13, 2018
Six months ago, Russia's En Group listed on the London Stock Exchange, cheered on by big-name banks. Today, many of those banks are racing to disentangle themselves following the latest wave of U.S. sanctions.
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Apr 13, 2018
The European Central Bank is fretting about the risk of trade wars and a stronger euro just as data suggest the eurozone's long-awaited economic recovery is losing speed.
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Apr 13, 2018
Hong Kong's de facto central bank said it bought 2.44 billion Hong Kong dollars and sold US$311 million early Friday, to prevent the financial hub's currency from weakening beyond its permitted trading range.
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Apr 13, 2018
Qatar moved to raise billions of dollars from foreign investors, days after Saudi Arabia surprised investors with a sale of $11 billion in bonds, as it wrestles with economic pressure from a trade boycott engineered by its neighbors.
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Apr 12, 2018
Emerging-market stocks are outperforming their U.S. counterparts this year, the latest sign investor appetite for risk remains robust despite rising trade tensions.
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Apr 11, 2018
China has pledged to launch a stock trading link between Shanghai and London by the end of this year.
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Apr 09, 2018
Saudi Arabia's stock exchange is the only confirmed home for oil giant Aramco when it goes public. The possible largest-ever IPO has the potential to overwhelm an exchange whose holdings are valued less than Apple.
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Apr 09, 2018
Economic optimism, low interest rates and fierce banking competition have pushed private-sector lending to its highest level since the financial crisis. That would be good if it wasn't for the region's already high debt.
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Apr 09, 2018
Russian markets convulsed in the wake of new U.S. sanctions, as the ruble tumbled and domestic and foreign investors dumped Russian stocks.
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Apr 09, 2018
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda opened his new five-year term with a warning about the impact of a U.S.-China trade fight, saying the world has become more connected and many countries could be affected.
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Apr 09, 2018
"Zimbabwe is open for business," says new President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose efforts to overhaul a dilapidated economy have secured billions of dollars in foreign investment commitments. Other investors are waiting to see what happens next.
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Apr 05, 2018
Technology shares now dominate emerging markets like commodities once did, leaving those indexes even more exposed than U.S. benchmarks to selloffs in the sector.
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Apr 05, 2018
South Korean prosecutors detained the heads of two cryptocurrency exchanges for allegedly embezzling customers' assets, the latest in a string of enforcement actions tied to suspected malfeasance in the country's bitcoin market.
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Apr 04, 2018
The market has spoken: Europe is home to the globe's newest tech giant. Sweden's Spotify Technology burst onto the public markets this week in New York, heartening news for European tech and its potential startups.
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Apr 04, 2018
A United Arab Emirates-based investment company said it is taking a large minority stake in 500 Startups, the first time the Silicon Valley startup accelerator's parent has accepted outside funding.
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Apr 03, 2018
Two years after the U.K. vote to exit from the EU set off alarms in the London office market that tenants and investors would flee the city, the market is proving to be surprisingly resilient.
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Apr 03, 2018
The escalating trade tensions between Beijing and Washington have pulled America's farmers and agricultural exporters into the melee.
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Apr 02, 2018
The metal is one of this year's best-performing assets, surging more than 20% and outpacing other commodities.
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Apr 02, 2018
Iraq's stock market is defying the violent swings that have struck the global markets this year. The country's main stock index is up more than 10% this year, as investors bet on post-Islamic State economic recovery.
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Jan 25, 2018
World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer has resigned, according to a memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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Jan 24, 2018
The Mexican government unveiled plans to offer 37 onshore oil blocks in a July auction, which the Energy Ministry estimates could drum up about $3.3 billion in investment.
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Jan 24, 2018
The world economy is accelerating and the financial markets are going gangbusters. But there is an undertone of anxiety among delegates at the annual meeting in Davos.
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Jan 22, 2018
Chinese companies are buying more high-yielding investment products that are sold by banks to raise funds and boost lending, a potentially troubling sign for China's debt-fueled economy.
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Jan 18, 2018
Mobile payments have surged to some $9 trillion a year, way ahead of the U.S., changing how people shop, borrow—and even panhandle. The growth foretells a future where tech firms like Alibaba and Tencent drive innovation in finance.
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Jan 04, 2018
Ant Financial's failed bid to acquire Dallas-based MoneyGram was the latest in a string of setbacks for the Chinese billionaire, whose companies have long sought to establish beachheads in America.
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Jan 03, 2018
Venezuela's bonds have lost about three-quarters of their value, reflecting a dozen missed payments by the government and the state-owned oil company. But a number of bond investors have made their money back and more.
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Jan 03, 2018
China's central bank guided the yuan to its highest level against the U.S. dollar in more than a year and a half, following the dollar's overnight slide against global currencies.
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Jan 03, 2018
Fierce competition to underwrite debt offerings in Asia's booming U.S.-dollar bond market is forcing some big global banks to work on deals for next to nothing.
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Dec 28, 2017
Emerging markets came roaring back in 2017, boosted by low interest rates that sparked a global search for yield. Here are five things to watch in 2018 that could determine whether this rally continues.
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