November 13, 20240 Comments

Canadian dollar hits four-year low as 71 cent U.S. threshold nears

Article content The Canadian dollar fell to a four-year low Wednesday with analysts keeping a sharp eye on the currency as it approached the critical barrier of 71 cents U.S. “If you look at the (Canadian dollar) chart over the past five years, we haven’t breached that level since the pandemic,” Sarah Ying, head of foreign exchange strategy at CIBC Capital Markets, said.The loonie is down 1.1 per cent since

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November 13, 20240 Comments

Gold nears seven-week low as U.S. dollar surges on Trump win

Article content Gold slipped to its lowest level in more than seven weeks as the U.S. dollar continued to strengthen following Donald Trump’s election victory. Bullion fell as much as 1.1 per cent — after sliding 2.5 per cent in the previous session — as a gauge of the dollar rose to its highest level in a year. The gains, which make commodities priced in the greenback more expensive for

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November 11, 20240 Comments

China chip index nears 3-year high as TSMC order fuels self-reliance bets By Reuters

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s semiconductor index leapt close to a three-year high on Monday (NASDAQ:) on bets a U.S. order halting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers could accelerate Beijing’s self-reliance efforts. TSMC will from Monday suspend shipments of certain sophisticated chips to some Chinese clients after receiving a letter from the U.S. Department of Commerce imposing export restrictions on those products, Reuters reported on

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November 11, 20240 Comments

Bitcoin tops record $80,000 as Trump nears sweep of US Congress

The price of bitcoin has risen above $80,000 (£62,000) for the first time ever, after Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the US election last week. It comes as the Republicans are edging closer to overall control of Congress after having already secured the presidency and a majority in the Senate. On the campaign trail the president-elect pledged to make the US “the crypto capital of the planet”. The value of

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November 8, 20240 Comments

Consumer confidence surges as election nears; job openings move lower

Consumers grew more optimistic about the U.S. economy heading into the contentious presidential election even as job openings hit multi-year lows, according to separate reports released Tuesday. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index for October rose more than 11% to a reading of 138, its biggest one-month acceleration since March 2021. Along with that, the board’s expectations index of future conditions jumped nearly 8%, to a reading of 89.1 that

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