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BEIJING – CHINA’S central bank governor acknowledged Saturday that Beijing is using its controversial exchange-rate controls to cope with the global economic crisis and said it will be cautious about retreating from the policy. Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan’s comments come as Beijing faces rising pressure to ease controls that Washington and other trading partners say keep its yuan undervalued, swelling …
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Cautious moves on currency (Straits Times)
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AMMAN, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Jordan’s net foreign reserves rose to $10.904 billion at the end of January from $10.879 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed on Sunday.
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Jordan’s forex reserves rise to $10.9 bln in Jan (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
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Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — The following events and economic reports may influence trading in sub-Saharan African bonds and currencies today.
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Angola, Uganda, S. Africa: Sub-Saharan Bond, Currency Preview (Bloomberg)
Tags: 442-87-million, africa, billion-kwanza, central-bank, crude-oil, following-events, influence-trading, reports-may
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The euro has risen this morning on the Swiss franc, with traders saying the Swiss central bank was seen buying euros. The intervention took place to defend the Swiss currency during Asian trading hours, market sources say.
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PRODUCT PROFILE (Ireland Business World)
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Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — The following events and economy reports may influence trading in sub-Saharan African bonds and currencies today. Democratic Republic of Congo: The central bank announces the results of a Feb.
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Congo, Namibia, South Africa: Africa Bond, Currency Preview (Bloomberg)
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Taipei Forex Inc said yesterday it had changed its practice of updating trading volume from every 15 minutes to twice a day — a move that was supported by central bank Governor Perng Fai-nan (???).
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Taipei Forex cuts trading update to two times a day (Taipei Times)
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MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Russia set the daily limit for currency swap operations with the central bank at 10 billion roubles ($328.2 million) on Monday, the same as in the previous trading session.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-08 08:50 Russia daily c.bank swap limit at 10 bln rbls (Interactive Investor)
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Russia has started investing its gold and forex reserves, the world’s third-largest, into the Canadian dollar as part of its diversification strategy, a central bank official said on Wednesday
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Russia invests forex reserves in Canadian dollar (National Post)
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MUMBAI -(Dow Jones)- India’s central bank said Tuesday it will allow trading in three new currency pairs in the futures market with immediate effect.
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RBI OKs Trading In New Currency Pairs On Futures Contracts (Nasdaq)
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