Dollar stems decline after heavy November selloff

Dollar stems decline after heavy November selloff

U.S. Dollar and Chinese Yuan banknotes are seen in this illustration picture taken June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SINGAPORE, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The dollar regained some ground on Tuesday and hovered near a one-week high against major peers, while bitcoin extended its momentum on optimism that U.S. regulators could soon … Read more

Morning Bid: RBA center stage as markets wobble

Morning Bid: RBA center stage as markets wobble

A worker is reflected in a wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) head office in central Sydney, Australia, March 1, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Dec 5 (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. An interest rate decision from Australia and key inflation readings from Japan and … Read more

Rotorua makes the international hot list – and more NZ travel news this week

Rotorua makes the international hot list – and more NZ travel news this week

Last week “Sulphur City’ made Booking.com’s list of the top 10 trending destinations worldwide. Each week in Travel, we check out some of the latest happenings from Aotearoa and beyond to inspire your next adventure. Rotorua is hot stuff Aotearoa’s sensational sulphur city Rotorua is a long-time tourist favourite, and its appeal shows no sign … Read more

French ministers head to Indo-Pacific, Australia in diplomatic push

French ministers head to Indo-Pacific, Australia in diplomatic push

[1/3]French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna and French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu leave following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights French defence minister to host South Pacific counterparts Paris eyes further military ties with Philippines, Malaysia Foreign minister heads to Australia, … Read more

Dollar slips on bets US rates have peaked

Dollar slips on bets US rates have peaked

A woman counts U.S. dollar bills at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 28, 2018. Picture taken August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) – The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies on Friday on news of steady U.S. business activity in November, but private sector employment … Read more

NZ dollar goes digital in new stablecoin

NZ dollar goes digital in new stablecoin

Cryptocurrency investors can now buy a coin pegged to the New Zealand dollar, making swapping our traditional currency for crypto faster and simpler. A company linked to the local crypto-trading platform Easy Crypto launched NZDD on Wednesday as a means to increase investor uptake of cryptocurrency – a first that beats the Reserve Bank of … Read more

Dollar eyes best week against yen in three months; cryptos leap

Dollar eyes best week against yen in three months; cryptos leap

Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SINGAPORE, Nov 10 (Reuters) – The dollar was headed for its best week against the yen in three months on Friday, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and … Read more

‘Nothing like it in NZ’: Families travel to Hawke’s Bay for IronMāori

‘Nothing like it in NZ’: Families travel to Hawke’s Bay for IronMāori

Reef Owen, 8, with his whānau and friends, ahead of the IronMāori children’s event on Friday. His mum, Natalie (centre), is taking part on Saturday. Photo / Paul Taylor Siblings Nova and Reef Owen just wanted to follow in their mum’s footsteps at IronMāori. Mum Natalie Cameron took part in her first IronMāori last year … Read more

Delta’s dawn: Giant US airline about to touchdown in NZ and shake-up the market

Delta’s dawn: Giant US airline about to touchdown in NZ and shake-up the market

Delta Air Lines will tomorrow be the latest airline to fly into Auckland and the giant carrier is already shaking up the transpacific market. The airline is one of the biggest in the world and will fly between Los Angeles and Auckland daily during summer and three times a week in late March to late … Read more

Dollar eases as month-end flows weigh; eyes on Fed and BOJ

Dollar eases as month-end flows weigh; eyes on Fed and BOJ

U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The dollar edged down against a basket of currencies on Friday, pulled down by portfolio rebalancing, but was on track to end the week … Read more