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Dollar stands tall as trade war concerns hit rivals

9/4/2018, 7:39:39 AM
The dollar advanced across the board on Tuesday, rising more than a quarter of a percent against its rivals, as concerns about a likely escalation in trade conflict between the United States and China prompted investors to buy the greenback. ✔ REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo On a positioning basis, markets are firmly in the stronger dollar camp, with net outstanding positions holding just off the highest levels since January 2017, calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show


Foreign investors see Chinese bonds as a safe haven while trade war rages

9/4/2018, 5:44:26 AM
Chinese government debt is enticing foreign investors as the country steadily opens its market. ✔ Getty Images A Chinese soldier stands guard in front of Tiananmen Gate outside the Forbidden City in Beijing ✔ Because you have very low foreign representation in it, the country itself actually is less susceptible to foreign investment outflows, for bonds, in particular, Pang told CNBC on Monday


Tariff fight with U.S. adding to China’s economic challenges

9/4/2018, 5:51:14 AM
BEIJING--China faces bigger economic challenges than its trade war with the United States.Even befor ✔ The moves are not, however, intended to address the American complaints about Chinese plans for state-led creation of global champions in robotics, electric cars and other technologies that Washington says violate Beijing's market-opening commitments and might erode U.S. industrial leadership


The emerging market crisis is back. And this time it's serious

9/4/2018, 5:21:36 AM
A stronger dollar, escalating tensions since President Donald Trump came to power, worries over a full-fledged trade war with China and rising interest rates in the U.S., have pushed emerging markets back into the crisis territory.  ✔ Jefta Images | Barcroft Images | Barcroft Media | Getty Images An Indonesian man reads a newspaper featuring an article about US President-elect Donald Trump at a stall on November 10, 2016 in Medan, Indonesia ✔ Erica Canepa | Bloomberg | Getty Images People wait outside of a currency exchange house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018


Dollar steady on lingering trade, emerging market worries

9/4/2018, 5:00:38 AM
The dollar firmed on Tuesday as investors bid up safe haven assets amid tensions around global trade and strains in emerging market currencies, while the Australian dollar pared losses after Australia's central bank kept interest rates on hold. ✔ Data released on Monday showed euro zone manufacturing growth slowing to a near two-year low in August as optimism dwindled due to the lingering threat of a global trade war ✔ Similar surveys in Asia showed the region’s key exporting nations coming under strain from the escalating global trade frictions ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Hong Kong shares flat with Sino-American trade moves eyed

9/4/2018, 5:06:30 AM
Luye Pharma slides after Citic PE sells shares at discount ✔ The Shanghai Composite has shed 17.8% so far this year amid concerns over the economic impact from souring trade relations between the U.S. and China ✔ The Hang Seng Index, which is down 7.3% year-to-date, will likely see an upside by year-end, but tight liquidity and trade war worries will keep it range bound in the near-term, Haitong International's Leung said ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


European markets seen lower amid emerging market turmoil

9/4/2018, 5:55:35 AM
European stocks are set to open lower Wednesday morning, after emergency austerity measures in Argentina underscored the recent turbulence in emerging markets. ✔ Meanwhile, Turkey's central bank promised it would take steps to combat significant risks to price stability at its next monetary policy meeting ✔ The signal is likely to heighten expectations of an interest rate hike later this month ✔ Elsewhere, investors continued to monitor an escalating global trade war between the U.S. and China


US-China trade feud is a test for your investment portfolio

9/4/2018, 4:39:51 AM
undefined ✔ Do you apply your shaving foam with a badger hair brush ✔ Might your cross-country ski gloves be made of leather or, dare I say it, composition leather ✔ Gerrit Smit, head of equity management at Stonehage Fleming, agrees: The auto industry is a clear target and may experience particular weak investor sentiment


Japan and China take first step toward joint infrastructure abroad

9/4/2018, 4:14:09 AM
Thai high-speed rail among candidates to be discussed at inaugural committee this month ✔ Japan and China will also consider partnerships between their companies for solar power orders from overseas and delivering power plants to other countries through Sino-Japanese joint ventures ✔ Get unique insights on Asia, the most dynamic market in the world ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th


Australia's central bank keeps interest rates at record low for 25th month

9/4/2018, 6:07:28 AM
The Reserve Bank of Australia left its cash rate at 1.5 percent on Tuesday in a widely expected decision. ✔ Mark Metcalfe | Getty Images A man and a women walk into the Reserve Bank of Australia headquarters in Sydney, Australia ✔ The RBA is cautious by nature, reluctant to take risks, and that is a sound approach in the current climate, said Callam Pickering, APAC economist for global job site Indeed


China says it is helping Africa develop, not accumulate debt

9/4/2018, 7:17:59 AM
China is helping Africa achieve development, not accumulate debt, a top Chinese official said on Tuesday, as the government pushes back against criticism it is loading the continent with an unsustainable burden during a major summit in Beijing. ✔ China is helping African countries achieve development not accumulate debt, Xu added, describing debt overall as a burden that has built up over a long period of time ✔ We need to take into account the fluctuations of the international economic situation which has raised the cost of financing for these African countries and most of them depend on exporting raw materials, the price of which on the international market has been falling, she said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Australia's central bank on hold as economy set to seal 27 years...

9/4/2018, 6:22:02 AM
Australia's central bank entered its third year of policy stability on Tuesday, and a change seems no nearer even as its commercial cousins nudge up their home loan rates to protect profit margins. ✔ Pickering cited mortgage rate hikes by Westpac as one reason for the RBA to stay on the sidelines ✔ Even if the economy was in a strong spot, why would the RBA bother hiking when the banks are doing it for them ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


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