Matthew Burgess

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  • Taiwanese one thousand dollar banknotes arranged in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The Taiwan dollar surged as much as 4.8% on Monday, fueled by concerns over the US dollar’s outlook and speculation that Taiwan may let its currency gain as it seeks a trade deal with the US. Photographer: An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Taiwan dollar surges more than 2% as traders test central bank

    By Betty Hou, Matthew Burgess, and others
  • Traders work after the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 7, 2019 in New York City. – Wall Street stocks finished little changed on August 7, 2019, following a choppy session as a plunge in treasury bond yields early in the day underscored worries about a weakening global economy. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    Threat to U.S. exceptionalism spurs rush for emerging local bonds

    By Marcus Wong, Matthew Burgess, and others
  • NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – January 28: People walk past the New York Stock Exchange building in New York City, New York, U.S. on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)Finance

    Dollar and oil surge, stocks fall on Trump tariffs: markets wrap

    By Catherine Bosley, Matthew Burgess, and others
  • Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP, arrives for the morning session of the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Friday, July 12, 2019. The 36th annual event gathers many of America’s wealthiest and most powerful people in media, technology, and sports. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Dollar’s sizzling rally cools as Bessent nominated for Treasury

    By Matthew Burgess, Michael G. Wilson, and others
  • TOKYO, JAPAN – AUGUST 05: Pedestrians walk in front of monitors displaying the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure outside a securities firm on August 05, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo experienced a significant decline, plunging nearly 7% on August 4, 2024, as it fell to around 33,488.08 points shortly after the market opened. This drop, which came close to being a historic sell-off, is part of a broader global sell-off driven by concerns over the U.S. economy’s stability amid high interest rates and disappointing hiring data, which has erased earlier gains that brought the Nikkei to all-time highs earlier this year. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)Finance

    75% of carry trade blamed in recent stock meltdown has been unwound, JPMorgan says

    By Matthew Burgess and Bloomberg
  • Image of a 20 Mexican Peso bill which is equivalent to one US dollar (19.738800 pesos) in Mexico City, on June 2, 2022. – A stable political outlook in the face of uncertainty in Colombia, Brazil and Chile, and an attractive financial yield are encouraging a surprisingly strong Mexican peso, despite the country’s tepid economic outlook, experts say. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    The emerging market carry trade is making a comeback among currency traders: ‘Many EM yields are attractive’

    By Marcus Wong, Matthew Burgess, and others
  • SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 23: A nurse carries PCR swab tests to the on-site laboratory inside an on-site pre-departure testing clinic for COVID-19 beside the departures hall at Sydney Airport on November 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. A new COVID-19 testing clinic currently capable of 4000 tests per day has opened at Sydney Airport to provide international travellers rapid testing within 90 minutes for a fee of $79.00 Australian dollars. Australia’s COVID-19 border restrictions were lifted on 1 November to allow people to travel overseas without government exemption, with most airlines and countries now requiring proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of departure. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)Health

    Australia finds a new ‘Omicron-like’ COVID strain that’s harder to track through typical screening

    By Matthew Burgess and Bloomberg
  • Australia Climate Change-New South Wales FireFinance

    A 24-Year-Old Is Suing Pension Fund for Not Being Green Enough

    By Matthew Burgess and Bloomberg