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Fed officials jolt market with talk of pending rate hike

EghtesadOnline: A handful of Federal Reserve policymakers on Tuesday jolted markets into higher expectations for a March U.S. interest rate increase, with comments that suggested rate-setters are worried about waiting too long in the face of pending economic stimulus from Washington.

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Publish Date:01/March/2017 | 05:38

Asia Stocks Drop, Yen Steady Before Trump Speech

EghtesadOnline: Asian stocks fell while the yen and gold were steady after three days of gains as investors grew cautious before speeches this week from Donald Trump and Janet Yellen.

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Publish Date:27/February/2017 | 05:55

Dollar edges down as market awaits Fed minutes

EghtesadOnline: The dollar edged down in Asian trading on Wednesday as investors awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve 's latest meeting for clues as to the pace of interest rate hikes, while the euro nursed losses and remained pressured by European political woes.

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Publish Date:22/February/2017 | 05:31

Dollar Strengthens With Asia Stocks; Gold Drops

EghtesadOnline: Dollar bulls were handed the baton after a Federal Reserve policy maker reinforced the chances for a U.S. interest-rate increase as soon as next month. South Korea led stocks higher in Asia and iron ore surged.

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Publish Date:21/February/2017 | 05:19

Fed on course to raise interest rates at an upcoming meeting: Yellen

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates at an upcoming meeting, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, although she flagged considerable uncertainty over economic policy under the Trump administration.

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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 05:24

Asia Extends Global Gain as Yellen Buoys Stocks

EghtesadOnline: Banks led broad gains in global stocks after Janet Yellen said the Federal Reserve doesn’t need to wait for the Trump’s administration’s plans on fiscal stimulus to hike rates. The dollar held gains and bonds dropped.

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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 05:01

Asia Extends Global Equity Rally as Yen Slides

EghtesadOnline: Rumors about the demise of reflation trades look to have been at least a little exaggerated. Asian stocks extended a global rally as investors looked ahead to data that will provide detail on the strength of U.S. consumer prices and speeches from a range of Federal Reserve officials. The yen weakened Monday after the S&P 500 Index climbed to a record high on Friday. Iron ore surged and copper climbed, buoying commodity producers across Asia.

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Publish Date:13/February/2017 | 05:34

'Significant uncertainty' about fiscal policy under Trump: Fed's Fischer

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said there was significant uncertainty about U.S. fiscal policy under the Trump administration, but the Fed would be strict in meeting targets of creating full employment and getting inflation to 2 percent.

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Publish Date:12/February/2017 | 05:14

Dollar subdued after U.S. wage growth disappoints

EghtesadOnline: The dollar started the week on the back foot on Monday, after U.S. data showed a smaller-than-expected rise in wages in January that reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will refrain from raising interest rates next month.

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Publish Date:06/February/2017 | 06:27

Jobs Report Justifies Yellen's Patience on Rate Hike Timing

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen doesn’t need to commit. The moment Federal Reserve officials published their projections in December for three rate hikes in 2017, Wall Street’s betting on when those would occur ratcheted higher. January’s U.S. employment report gives the chair plenty of room to defer while policy makers wait for evidence of how new measures from the Trump administration are affecting the economy. That’s the message she’ll probably convey during congressional testimony on Feb. 14-15.

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Publish Date:04/February/2017 | 04:44

Dollar pulls away from lows as investors await Yellen speech

EghtesadOnline: The dollar took a breather on Wednesday after falling to a seven-week low against the yen as investors await Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's speech on monetary policy, while sterling gave back some of the previous session's rally.

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Publish Date:18/January/2017 | 05:21

ECB to hold steady, Trump takes office

EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank officials are unlikely to make any change in policy on Thursday, while data from the United States will help the Federal Reserve decide whether to immediately follow December's rate increase with another.

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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 05:42

European shares dip, sterling falls on Brexit comments

EghtesadOnline: The dollar edged higher on Monday, boosted by robust U.S. wage growth data strengthening the case for more Federal Reserve interest rate increases, while Britain's pound fell on Prime Minister Theresa May's hint at no membership of the EU's single market.

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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 24:53

Fed policymakers agree Trump fiscal boost poses inflation risk

EghtesadOnline: Almost all Federal Reserve policymakers thought the economy could grow more quickly because of fiscal stimulus under the Trump administration and many were eyeing faster interest rate increases, minutes from the central bank's December meeting showed.

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Publish Date:05/January/2017 | 04:59

Euro soars, dollar slips in holiday-thinned trade

EghtesadOnline: The euro jumped to its highest in three weeks in thin Asian trade on Friday, but was on track for a losing year on expectations that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies will boost inflation and prompt the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike interest rates more frequently.

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Publish Date:30/December/2016 | 06:42

Dollar edges higher against yen on strong U.S. indicators

EghtesadOnline: The dollar inched up against the yen on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. economic data reinforced expectations for economic growth under Donald Trump's Administration and more rate hikes by U.S. Federal Reserve next year.

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Publish Date:28/December/2016 | 05:13

Global stocks, dollar rise after Yellen remarks; yen, Treasuries pare gains

EghtesadOnline: Global stock markets added to gains on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sounded an optimistic tone about the U.S. labor market, weighing on safe-haven assets like the Japanese yen and U.S. Treasuries that had risen after the shooting death of Russia's ambassador to Turkey.

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Publish Date:19/December/2016 | 21:57

Dollar's post-Fed rally pauses, U.S. stocks end lower

EghtesadOnline: The dollar and U.S. stocks dipped on Friday, taking a breather following this week's big moves after the Federal Reserve signaled a faster pace of U.S. interest rate increases next year.

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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 08:14

Battered euro and yen recover after dollar surge

EghtesadOnline: The euro, yen and pound all recovered some ground against the dollar on Friday after slides of up to 3 percent in reaction to the Federal Reserve outlook for U.S. interest rates next year.

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Publish Date:16/December/2016 | 09:55

Dollar Halts Fed-Driven Rally as Asian Stocks Rise With Gold

EghtesadOnline: The dollar halted its weekly climb as investors weighed whether the currency’s surge amid the fallout from Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting had gone too far. Asian stocks advanced with gold.

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Publish Date:16/December/2016 | 09:38