Forex News

By Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ethiopia is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to borrow at least $2 billion under a reform program, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have yet to agree on a date for the initial review under a $3 billion financial package signed in December, an IMF official said on Thursday.

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever.

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks struggled on Thursday, dragged by selling in Hong Kong tech shares, while the dollar was under pressure and short-dated bonds were firm as softening U.S. inflation seemed to suggest the U.S. rate hike cycle was nearing its end.

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar was on the back foot on Thursday after cooler-than-anticipated U.S. inflation data lifted risk sentiment and stoked expectations that the Federal Reserve will be done with its monetary tightening after hiking one last time next month.

CAIRO (Reuters) – A travel ban on Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh was lifted on Thursday, public prosecutor Ghada Aoun told Reuters, in a move aimed at paving the way for him to attend a hearing in Paris related to a cross-border graft probe.

LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Thursday that British wage growth appeared to be slowing and the latest data on the economy is “somewhat disappointing” even if it remains better than forecast by the BoE late last year.

(Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday that the central bank has an opportunity to lower interest rates to help boost economic growth as fiscal and monetary policies are converging.

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia employment blew past expectations for a second month in March while the jobless rate held near 50-year lows, an unambiguously strong report that suggests the central bank’s tightening campaign may not be over yet.

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever.

By Tom Wilson (Reuters) – The software that underpins the second-biggest crypto coin ether is due for a software upgrade on Wednesday that will give investors access to more than $30 billion of the digital tokens.

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech National Bank (CNB) should not cut interest rates until inflation is clearly lower as rates need to stay higher for longer to slow price growth, central bank board member Jan Prochazka was quoted as saying.

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian equities inched lower on Wednesday ahead of a crucial U.S. inflation report that will likely influence the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path, with markets wagering another hike in interest rates at the central bank’s next meeting.

(Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said he did not see signs of a repeat of the 2007/8 global financial crisis, speaking at the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slipped on Wednesday ahead of a closely-watched inflation reading later in the day that will provide clues on the path of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ central bank could pause its interest rate- hiking cycle at its meeting next month due to easing inflation, its governor said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said bank reforms enacted after the global financial crisis of 2007-09 worked during the recent banking turmoil, but there were questions about whether banks should set aside bigger cash buffers in future.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank governor Roberto Campos Neto said on Wednesday that inflation has decreased, but persistent pressures remain, highlighting that the demand-driven component of inflation in the country remains “relatively strong.”