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  • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
    Nouriel Roubini
    A bipolar currency regime will replace the dollar’s exorbitant privilege

    The greenback is bound sooner or later to feel the effects of intensifying geopolitical rivalry between the US and China

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    US Dollar
    US dollar hits reverse gear as Fed cedes rate-rise ‘driver’s seat’

    Focus has shifted to the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan after last year’s big increase in US borrowing costs

  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    Currencies
    Smile, you’re on USD

    StanChart gets cheeky

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    Iraq
    Iraq sacks central bank governor as dinar slides in value

    Former governor Ali Mohsen al-Allaq returns as Baghdad struggles with a lack of dollars

  • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Euro regains ground against dollar as global economic outlook improves

    Falling gas prices and easing fears of a deep, continent-wide recession in 2023 have brightened prospects for Europe

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Zoltan Pozsar
    Great power conflict puts the dollar’s exorbitant privilege under threat

    The monetary order is already being challenged by de-dollarisation efforts and central bank digital currencies

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Currencies
    Dollar touches 7-month low as Fed rate rise expectations slide

    Falls in retail sales and wholesale prices ease pressure on US central bank and emerging markets

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Bank of Japan’s policy predicament

    Kuroda, or his successor, must solve challenges around yield curve control

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Pound Sterling
    Deutsche <3 sterling

    They couldn’t stay mad at each other

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan defies market pressure and holds firm on yield curve control

    Yen tumbles 2% after decision to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Yen traders brace for volatility as BoJ meets

    Outcome risky to predict for investors waiting for pivot in bank policy

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Markets InsightRebecca Patterson
    The downturn in the dollar is not just about rates

    Currency is being driven by events outside the US as much as what happens inside its borders

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Reasons for confidence in the euro Premium content

    More nuanced thinking on both the currency and its inflation prospects

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    News in-depthPakistan's economy
    Pakistan secures more than $9bn of pledges for post-flood recovery

    Promised aid will not alleviate energy shortages and cash crunch, analysts say

  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    Martin Sandbu
    Monetary independence is overrated, and the euro is riding high

    Old misgivings about the currency are increasingly unpersuasive — it is becoming more attractive by the day

  • Saturday, 7 January, 2023
    LexKing Charles III
    Banknotes: King Charles notes will have more than face value Premium content

    Collectors will seek lowest serial numbers from initial print run

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    News in-depthRenminbi
    China’s new renminbi tactics leave traders guessing

    People’s Bank of China uses ‘invisible reserves’ to manage currency fluctuations

  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkish exports hit record high in 2022

    Cheap lira and closer ties with Russia boost trade, aiding Erdoğan’s re-election hopes

  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    Robin Harding
    Hong Kong’s dollar peg is on increasingly thin ice

    Economically, it is close to impregnable. Politically, it is at the whim of the China-US relationship

  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    Markets InsightDuncan Weldon
    UK will have to rely more on the kindness of strangers

    With the Bank of England unwinding its gilt portfolio, the country will need more buying from foreign investors

  • Sunday, 25 December, 2022
    News in-depthEurozone economy
    Croatia anticipates economic boost as it prepares to adopt euro

    Former Yugoslav nation long in pursuit of closer integration with EU switches to single currency on January 1

  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
    Bank of Japan
    Global bond markets take hit after BoJ’s shock policy move

    Change by Japan’s central bank to controversial yield curve control triggers sell-off in sovereign debt

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan stuns markets with yield control policy change

    ‘Major surprise’ sends yen roaring higher and pushes Tokyo stocks lower

  • Monday, 12 December, 2022
    The $80tn “hidden debt” and what it really means

    BISantine accounting

  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    Gillian Tett
    Light needs shedding on the dollar swaps black hole

    In a world of geopolitical risks, economic pain and challenges to the US currency’s supremacy, transparency is essential

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