Tag: Reuters

Dollar slides to 17-month low vs yen as stocks, oil fall

Tue Apr 5, 2016/Reuters By Nigel Stephenson The dollar fell on Tuesday to its weakest against the yen since October 2014 as investors pulled away from riskier assets, pushing shares and oil prices lower as the outlook for U.S. interest rates remained clouded. The Japanese currency, often sought in times […]

Greece demands IMF explanation over leaked debt transcript

Sat Apr 2, 2016/Reuters By Lefteris Papadimas Greece demanded an explanation from the International Monetary Fund on Saturday after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country’s bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to more offer debt relief. EU/IMF lenders will […]

Asia shares dragged lower by Japan, dollar still groggy

Fri Apr 1, 2016/Reuters By Wayne Cole A rout in Japanese shares led Asian markets lower on Friday as a gloomy suite of surveys on Japanese manufacturing sparked heavy fund selling and overshadowed upbeat news from China’s vast factory sector. A renewed slip in oil prices added to the cautious […]