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The dollar retreated from a 10-month high against a basket of currencies on Friday on the last trading day of the third quarter of the year, giving the yen a chance to breathe amid fears of Japanese government intervention in the exchange market. The euro continued its recovery, moving away …

The Japanese Nikkei index ended the last trading session of a turbulent week with a slight decline on Friday, and oscillated between rise and fall during the session, thus recording the worst quarterly performance since mid-2022. The selling of shipping company shares after the right to distribute cash dividends expired, …

Government data showed on Friday that Japan’s unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent in August compared with the previous month. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compares with the average forecast of 2.6 percent by economists in a Reuters poll.

The dollar stabilized near its highest level in ten months against a basket of currencies on Thursday, keeping the yen near an area that may require intervention by the authorities to support it, amid investors’ assessment of the impact of positive US economic data and new statements from Federal Reserve …

Gold is trading at $1877.54 per ounce at the time of writing, down by some -1.22%. traders are worried that the precious metal could fall further in the remainder of 2023. It is worth noting that gold demand in China has surged in 2023, with a 16% increase compared to …

The USD/JPY pair is moving towards 150.00, with Japanese intervention warnings looming. The central bank in Japan is still dovish, with the risk of raising rates being heavily skewed to the upside. The USD/JPY pair is up 0.27%, trading at about 149.40s. The surge is halted by threats of intervention …

The dollar rose to its highest level in ten months against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday, sending the euro and sterling to the lowest level in six months and raising the possibility of intervention to support the yen, as expectations of US interest rates remaining high for a …

The yen fell on Friday after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy, while the dollar remained near its highest level in six months on expectations that interest rates will remain high for a longer period in the United States. The yen declines after the Bank of Japan …

Japan’s Nikkei closed down more than 1 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by a decline in chip-related heavyweights, but losses were limited as investors bought value stocks for the right to dividends. The Nikkei index closed down 1.11 percent at 32,315.05 points. Treasury bond yields continued to rise, reaching their …

The yen fell on Friday after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy, while the dollar remained near its highest level in six months on expectations that interest rates will remain high for a longer period in the United States. The yen declines after the Bank of Japan …