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Japan fin min Suzuki says won’t rule out steps to address disorderly FX moves
Japan finance minister Suzuki starts off slow but soon warms up with a pointed remark: Important for currencies to move in stable manner...
Australian monthly consumer confidence falls to 84.4 in March vs. 86.0 in February
A fall of 1.8% m/m for this monthly measure of consumer sentiment. Earlier we had the weekly sentiment number:Australian weekly consumer confidence 83.1...
Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence fell from previous 6.2% to -1.8% in March
Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence fell from previous 6.2% to -1.8% in March
Authorities in Hunan, Liaoning, Xi’an, Chongqing to close local financial asset exchanges
Chinese media (Caixin) with the report:Financial authorities in Hunan, Liaoning, Xi'an, and Chongqing have announced the closure of local financial asset exchangesa bid...
NZD/USD trades sideways above 0.6000 on softer US Dollar, US PCE data eyed
The NZD/USD trades on a flat note around the 0.6000 mark during the early Asian session on Tuesday.
PBOC is “alarmed” by the weakness of the yen (concerned over yuan implications)
Via Saxo Bank on the yen and yuan:Says the People's Bank of China is concerned ('alarmed' according to Saxo analysts) by the weakness...
AUD/USD stays firm awaiting RBA speech; US PCE ahead in the week
The Aussie Dollar (AUD) begins the Asian session virtually unchanged vs.
Australian weekly consumer confidence 83.1 (prior 81.7)
The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index is published weekly.ANZ comment:Confidence rose 1.4pts on the RBA's dovish shift and better-than-expected labour market dataRecent...
Adam Neumann submitted a bid to buy WeWork, bankrupt co-working firm, for more than $500mn
Wall Street Journal (gated, link if you can access it) report:Adam Neumann, former chief executive and co-founder of WeWork, recently submitted an offer...
South American gold miner Nilam Resources wants to buy 24,800 Bitcoin
Crypto media is carrying the report:Nilam Resources has announced it is entering into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Xyberdata Ltd. to acquire...