OVERVIEW The US Midterm Elections produced the expected split Congress, with a Republican-run Senate and Democrat-dominated House of Representatives. Pundits are pessimistic that the US Government will be able to pass additional economic stimulus programs, driving the Greenback down relative to competing currencies. BBC reports a Brexit deal should be in place by the end of November, pushing […]
The Dollar fell in overnight trade, with the initial reaction to the U.S. elections taken as sa net-negative by the markets. A surge on wall Street reversed that sentiment however, and the Greenback managed a modest rally through the morning session. EUR-USD fell to 1.1445 lows from 1.1500 ahead of the open, as USD-JPY topped […]
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YB Dato Sri Najib Razak, With respect, you are wrong again. In response to your Facebook posting on FundMyHome, the reason why FMH was launched 2 days…
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(Nov 8): President Donald Trump played down concern over postponement of a meeting between Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and North Korean officials that was…
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Malaysia’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 3.25% today, as expected, noting that the annual average headline inflation…
(Nov 8): The Republican Party’s retaining control of the Senate in the U.S. midterms may give President Donald Trump’s controversial economic and trade policies a…
(Nov 8): Electric carmaker Tesla Inc said Robyn Denholm, currently CFO at Australian telecoms operator Telstra Corp Ltd, will replace Elon Musk as its chair. Denholm will…