The French government is presenting new plans to update the pension system. Analysts expect some backlash from some workers. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron is going at it again: a new pension reform will be presented Tuesday, and is expected to face some backlash. Macron is serving his second term
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Some investors have been cautious about investing in China’s tech stocks. However, recent comments from the party secretary of the People’s Bank of China that the tech sector’s heavy clampdown is coming to an end have given investors some confidence to move back into tech shares. This has led to Alibaba shares taking out the
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Gold prices inched lower on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar witnessed an uptick, with traders largely focusing on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech for insights into the central bank’s rate hike path. * Spot gold was down 0.2% at $1,868.85 per ounce, as of 0033 GMT. U.S. gold futures also slipped 0.2% to$1,873.10. *
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Markets turned steady in Asian session as risk-on moves take a breather for now. Dollar remains the worst performer but there is no committed follow through selling so far, after breaking near term support against Euro and Swiss Franc. Commodity currencies also lose some momentum and are overtaken by European majors in terms of strength.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida wants to implement “unprecedented measures” to combat the country’s low birthrate. Says he’ll be unveilling a general framework by June The key policy measure will be a doubling the budget for children’s policies So far, so good. But …. Former LDP Secretary-General Akira Amari, a key ally of Kishida said that
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed suit against self-described digital artist Avraham Eisenberg on Jan. 9, charging him with two counts of market manipulation in connection with an exploit of decentralized finance platform Mango Markets. Eisenberg was arrested on related charges on Dec. 27 and is currently in custody. The CFTC claimed
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Selloff in Dollar remains the main theme today, but Yen is also sharing some burden. US 10-year yield is falling below 3.6 handle again, giving the greenback some additional pressure. Swiss Franc breaks through recent resistance against Dollar already, with help from cross buying. But Euro might also follow very soon. For now, Aussie and
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What you need to take care of on Tuesday, January 10: The US Dollar started the week on the back foot as optimism weighed on the safe-haven currency. On the one hand, market players assessed US macroeconomic data published last Friday, which suggests the Federal Reserve could slow the pace of tightening. Federal Reserve officials
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Prices up 0.8% m/m seasonally adjusted Unadjusted -1.9% December prices +0.8% Largest annual decline in series history at -14.9% Full report This is the index for the second-half of December. Days supply is still about as tight as a year ago but there are some murmurs about supply coming online and that should also be
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