* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr. Euro zone bond yields continued to rise on Tuesday, but moves were contained after a hefty sell-off on Monday in a data-light trading session just two days before the bloc's central bank meeting.
Britain's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell for a second month in a row to 4.9% in the December-to-February period, most of which the country spent under a tight COVID-19 lockdown, official figures showed on Tuesday.
China kept its benchmark lending rate for corporate and household loans steady for the 12th straight month at its April fixing on Tuesday, matching market expectations. The one-year loan prime rate was kept at 3.85%. The five-year LPR remained at 4.65%. Twenty-seven traders and analysts of 30 participants in a Reuters poll this week predicted no change in either rate.
The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. The Times. - The Bank of England and the Treasury have announced that they are setting up a taskforce to explore the possibility of a central bank digital currency.
Huttig Building Products (HBP), one of the nation's largest wholesale distributors of millwork and specialty building products used principally in new residential construction and home improvement, plans to release its first quarter 2021 financial results on Monday, May 3, 2021 after market close.
The dollar slumped to a six-week low against other major currencies on
Monday as markets sorted out the plunge in U.S. Treasury yields last week after the Federal Reserve
reiterated that any spike in ...
Kroll Bond Rating Agency releases commentary on the trends in the March 2021 state-level unemployment data. As various states continue with reopening efforts, the U.S. unemployment rate declined further month-over-month, to reach 6.2% in March 2021 versus 6.6% in February, marking its lowest level since the onset of the pandemic. Click here to view the report.
Canadian housing starts rose 21.6% in March compared with the previous month, easily beating expectations and hitting a new record, data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation showed on Monday. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts rose to 335,200 units in March, well ahead of analyst expectations for 250,000 units, and a new high for all months on record.
Brazil's economic activity surged in February, a central bank index showed on Monday, one of the strongest gains on record and a sign that the economy had been humming along nicely before it was hit by a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has pointed to record tax collection and formal jobs in January and February as evidence of this.
Canadian housing starts rose 21.6% in March compared with the previous month on a surge in multiple urban starts, data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation showed on Monday. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts rose to 335,200 units from a revised 275,567 units in February, Canada's national housing agency said.
Brazil's economic activity rose sharply in February, a central bank index showed on Monday, one of the strongest monthly gains on record and the tenth straight month of expansion. The IBC-Br economic activity index, a leading indicator of gross domestic product, rose a seasonally adjusted 1.70% in February, following on from the previous month's 1.04% rise.
Brazil's 2022 inflation outlook rose above the central bank's official year-end goal for the first time, while the growth outlook for this year fell for a seventh consecutive week, a survey of economists showed on Monday.
Junk-rated and emerging-market companies look set to raise record amounts of debt in coming months, urged on by bankers who advise taking advantage of funding markets before Treasury yields rise and push up borrowing costs.
* Reuters Live Markets blog: By Elizabeth Howcroft. World shares hit record highs in the European session on Monday, as markets were generally upbeat about the prospects for a global economic recovery from COVID-19, ahead of a busy week for earnings. Europe's STOXX 600 rose to a record high before easing some gains, up 0.1% at 1105 GMT.
Government debt levels globally are at record levels but they have become cheaper than ever to finance, thanks in part to central bank buying, Janus Henderson Investors said in a new report released on Monday.
Large euro zone banks have been underreporting their risky assets by 275 billion euros by using their own models to quantify potential losses, the European Central Bank said on Monday.
* Reuters Live Markets blog: World shares traded near record highs on Monday, as markets were generally upbeat about the prospects for a global economic recovery from COVID-19, ahead of a busy week for earnings. Europe's STOXX 600 reached a record high and was up 0.2% at 0736 GMT.
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr. Euro zone government bond yields were broadly steady on Monday, with markets largely on hold ahead of this week's European Central Bank meeting. New supply, estimated at over 30 billion euros this year and above the average for the year so far according to Commerzbank, could put some upward pressure on yields.
1/ ECB DAY. The European Central Bank meets on Thursday and will likely be pressed on signs of divisions over the future pace of bond purchases, which have been stepped up recently to prevent a rise in borrowing costs from derailing the recovery.
Emerging market central banks delivered five net interest rate hikes in March, marking the end of an easing cycle which started in 2019 as central banks in the developing world grapple with rising inflation pressures.
Emerging market central banks delivered five net interest rate hikes in March, marking the end of an easing cycle which started in 2019 as central banks in the developing world grapple with rising inflation pressures.
Internal divisions over the pace of bond buying, extended COVID-19 lockdowns and potential delays to the EU recovery fund form the backdrop to Thursday's European Central Bank meeting. Sovereign bond markets may have calmed down since February's sell-off, but markets want more clarity about stimulus plans once an economic recovery takes hold. Here are some key questions on the radar for markets.
The dollar was pinned near a
one-month low to major peers on Monday, with Treasury yields
hovering near the lowest in five weeks, after the U.S. Federal
Reserve reiterated its view that any spike in ...
The dollar slumped to a six-week low against other major currencies on Monday as markets sorted out the plunge in U.S. Treasury yields last week after the Federal Reserve reiterated that any spike in inflation is likely to be temporary. Improved risk sentiment shown by the recent rally in global stocks to record highs also weighed on the greenback.
The dollar was pinned near a
one-month low to major peers on Monday, with Treasury yields
hovering near the lowest in five weeks, after the U.S. Federal
Reserve reiterated its view that any spike in ...
SINGAPORE, April 18, 2021 Liquid, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency-fiat exchange platforms by trade volume, is working with Silvergate Bank, a California-based Federal Reserve member bank, to improve market access and increase trading opportunities for Liquid's clients.
* March exports, imports growth beats forecasts. * China demand leads export rebound. * Trade surplus widens. By Daniel Leussink. Japan's exports posted their strongest growth in more than three years in March, led by a surge in China-bound shipments, in a sign the economic recovery from last year's deep coronavirus slump remains intact.
Taiwan has never sought to use foreign exchange rates to gain an unfair trade advantage, the central bank said on Sunday, after the U.S. Treasury said Taiwan tripped thresholds for possible currency manipulation under a 2015 U.S. trade law.
Taiwan has never sought to use foreign exchange rates to gain an unfair trade advantage, the central bank said on Sunday, after the U.S. Treasury said Taiwan tripped thresholds for possible currency manipulation under a 2015 U.S. trade law.
Venezuelan consumer prices rose 16.1% in March, central bank data released late on Friday showed, a drop from the 33.8% rise in February as the South American country remains mired in a years-long economic collapse marked by hyperinflation. That brought the country's interannual inflation to 3,012% in March, according to Reuters calculations based on central bank data.
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