Tag: Japanese Yen

FOREX-Dollar slides in thin trading; yen weakens as well

The dollar skidded on Monday in thin trading as investors locked in profits ahead of the Christmas holiday, although losses could be limited by continued uncertainty about the ongoing U.S. budget talks to avert a toxic mix of higher taxes and spending cuts. The greenback tends to benefit as a […]

Forex: CBN supplied $7.05bn in Q2

The Central Bank of Nigeria supplied a total of $7.05bn in foreign exchange in the second quarter of 2012, compared to $6.82bn offered in the first quarter, representing a decline of 3.37 per cent. The CBN, in a publication on Thursday, titled, “Developments in the external sector of the Nigerian […]