The yuan sank on Wednesday as a new Sino-U.S. trade war shook Chinese markets returning from an extended Lunar New Year break, while the yen jumped on rising bets of ...

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yuan sank on Wednesday as a new Sino-U.S. trade war shook Chinese markets returning from an extended Lunar New Year break, while the yen jumped on rising bets of ...

China's central bank set a stronger-than expected fixing rate for the yuan against the U.S. dollar, contrary to expectations that the People's Bank of China will set a lower rate for the yuan this ...

IMF expects BOJ to raise rates again this year ... last month but factory activity in Asia lost momentum as soft Chinese demand and threats of U.S. tariffs weighed on sentiment, surveys showed.

Before the BOJ decision, Japanese inflation and purchasing ... Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 0.3%. Chinese stocks sank on Wednesday after Trump threatened to impose a 10% tariff on Chinese ...

Yen is paring yesterday's gains, though the market anticipates a BOJ rate hike at the end of ... it is not sensitive to Chinese economic data. Today's China reported Q4 GDP rose 5.4% year-over ...

The mostly upbeat Chinese macro data underpins the Aussie and lends support to spot prices. Bets for another BoJ rate hike next week favors the JPY bulls and cap the upside for the cross.

The BoJ is widely expected to raise interest rates ... Following his inauguration on Monday, Trump signaled plans to impose 10% tariffs on Chinese imports starting February 1, and warned of ...

The Chinese January Caixin Services PMI stood at 51.0 ... Meanwhile, Kazuhiro Masaki, director-general of the BOJ’s monetary ...

Chinese officials have also drained offshore ... of US 10-year yield and to speculation about the trajectory of BOJ policy. Barring a major market disruption between now and the end of the week ...

“His comments alongside the higher wage print yesterday added to conviction that further BOJ policy normalization remains on track,” said Christopher Wong, a strategist at Oversea-Chinese ...

Further repricing of rate hikes by the BoJ lent support to the Japanese yen ... Focus should remain on the slew of Chinese data due on Friday. Alleviating geopolitical concerns following the ...