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Wall Street spends more than ever on technology designed to keep an eye on traders after regulators extracted record fines from several banks worldwide for confronting lapses in monitoring communications. The industry will spend about $1.8 billion on surveillance technology in 2022, up by 20% from 2021, according to Coalition …

Traders in UK government bonds were unintentionally contributing to toppling Liz Truss from the premier position. So, what could be the next goal? Perhaps the logical next goal is to ensure that the successor of Truss will stick to the fiscal discipline required to prop up the UK’s fragile financial …

The US dollar retreated from its highest level in two decades against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, as investors awaited the speech of Federal Reserve Chairman (US Central Bank) Jerome Powell in anticipation of recent indications regarding the course of monetary policy. The Australian dollar has outperformed its …

On Wednesday, the dollar made up for some data losses and rebounded towards recent peaks, while the euro remained under pressure amid growing recession fears fueled by a potential energy supply crisis. The dollar took a breather after disappointing surveys of the US manufacturing and service sectors revealed on Tuesday, …

The US dollar index hit a five-week high on Monday after another Federal Reserve official indicated that monetary tightening may remain strong ahead of the central bank’s Jackson Hole seminar this week. The euro fell to its lowest level in five weeks after Russia announced a three-day halt to European …

The euro and the pound sterling fell to a one-month low against the US dollar on Friday, as investors worried about a further slowdown in global economic growth after US central bank officials reiterated the need to raise interest rates. The dollar index rose 0.2 percent to 107.69, after earlier …

The dollar touched its highest level in three weeks on Thursday after the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s meeting for the month of July, which indicated the continuation of raising US interest rates for a longer period to reduce inflation. The dollar’s rally caused sterling to briefly …

The dollar rose in early trade in London on Friday as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials weighed against the notion that US inflation data this week could prompt the US central bank to slow down policy tightening. US inflation data came in less than expected, which led to support …

The dollar recorded further losses against other major currencies on Thursday after traders reduced their bets that the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) would raise interest rates aggressively after US inflation data that came the previous day was weaker than expected. And the dollar index, which measures the performance …

The dollar index was down 1.025% at 105.26 at 3:15 p.m. The US dollar broadly fell on Wednesday following a cooler than expected US inflation reading for July that raised expectations of a less aggressive interest rate hike cycle than previously anticipated from the American central bank. US consumer prices …