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The Japanese currency (yen) rose yesterday in foreign markets as investors fled to safe haven currencies a day before US President Donald Trump's planned tariffs take effect, according to Reuters.

The new 25% tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect yesterday, along with a doubling of duties - to 20% - on Chinese products, generating new trade conflicts with the US's three largest...

Since Republican Donald Trump was inaugurated as US President in January 2025, the US dollar has been very sensitive to the US administration's announcements regarding tariffs, given its role in global trade and confidence in the economy....

The shares of Europe's biggest carmakers fell sharply yesterday in response to US President Donald Trump's announcement on Saturday that he would impose new tariffs on imports from China, Mexico and Canada.

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The US dollar fell against most major currencies in 2024 as markets anticipated the first post-pandemic interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

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The impact of the Federal Reserve's long-awaited interest rate cut, which will be the first cut in four years, will be felt well outside the United States, according to a Reuters article reviewing the possible influence of the central...

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The Swiss franc reached, yesterday, the highest level against the euro, in the last almost ten years, in the context of the turbulences on the financial markets, against the background of fears regarding a possible recession in the USA and the...

Francul elveţian a ajuns, ieri, la cel mai ridicat nivel faţă de euro, din ultimii aproape zece ani, în contextul turbulenţelor de pe pieţele financiare, pe fondul temerilor privind o posibilă recesiune în SUA şi al tensiunilor geopolitice din...

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The Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank are the major central banks most likely to change the course of monetary policy in the next two months, according to analysts cited by CNBC, who note, however, that the changes these institutions will...

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The US dollar will depreciate this year as the Federal Reserve begins to cut interest rates, the performance gap between the US economy and other world economies will narrow, and a possible US recession would have an impact negative on the US...

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After the decline started in the second part of last year, which took the dollar to a low not seen since the spring of 2022, the attractiveness of the United States currency has started to increase again. The US Dollar Index (DXY) rose yesterday...

The governor of the National Bank of Romania spoke publicly for the first time regarding the transfer of consumer protection duties from ANPC to the central bank. Although he wanted to appear categorical, Mugur Isărescu appeared rather undecided....

Romania has a territory, but it is more than just some square kilometers of land.

Extraordinary is no longer a word that is sufficient to describe what the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, has done or is doing to stop the propagation of the effects of the coronavirus epidemic, not just on the economy of the United States,...

More than four and a half years after the explosion of the Swiss franc, (CHF), after repeated protests by debtors, wide scale debates in the Parliament, concerning draft laws on the matter, promises by politicians and banks that they would...

Not only the weather was hot in July, but the economic, social and political matters as well. Even though it began with the validation of Mugur Isărescu for the sixth time at the helm of the NBR, it went on with Simona Halep winning Wimbledon and...

The leu has seen a constant and steep drop against the major currencies this month. This phenomenon has sparked diverse opinions, with part of the public opinion pointing the finger at the National Bank of Romania (NBR).

Fed up with subsidizing the commercial banks with their own money, the Swiss, mobilized through the "Sovereign Money" initiative, have proposed the organization of a Referendum which will be held on Sunday, June 10th 2018 - is a...

• Piperea: "In the Andriciuc case, the EU Court of Justice has not limited its argumentation to the CHF, but expanded it to cover any currency for which the debtors weren't hedged" 

The leu yesterday weakened again, reaching the level of 4.5985 lei against the Euro, after on Monday it was quoted at 4.5958 lei.

CHF borrowers (CHF) keep their optimism and wait anxiously on any court ruling. Except their expectations have been denied lately, as many courts, as well as the Constitutional Court have postponed or denied as inadmissible various lawsuits or...

Street protests in front of government buildings, heated debates over some legislative projects, disagreements between bankers and MPs, threats, arguments, debtors boycotting banks, foreclosures, empty promises, many lawsuits, suicides - this is...