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  • BATH, UNITED KINGDOM &#8211; MARCH 25: In this photo illustration a smartphone screen displays the logo of Donald Trump&#8217;s Truth Social app March 25 2024 in Bath, England. Former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump’s social media business will become publicly listed unlocking a potential $3bn welcome windfall as he seeks to cover massive legal liabilities and expenses.<br /> (Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images)Finance

    Trump Media said it had ‘material weakness’ in internal controls

    By Ruth Carson and Bloomberg
  • An electronic stock board displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The global selloff in stocks deepened, sending US equity-index futures to fresh lows on concern that tariffs and government spending cuts will torpedo growth in the world&#8217;s largest economy. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Fears of U.S. contagion spur traders to find hedges across world

    By Ruth Carson, John Cheng, and others
  • A television station broadcasts US Federal Reserve Chair Chair Jerome Powell speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on August 23, 2024.Finance

    Bond traders haven’t been this torn on a Fed call since 2007

    By Ye Xie, Ruth Carson, and others
  • People stand outside a money changer looking at the rates of the Japanese yen against foreign currencies, along a street in central Tokyo on April 29, 2024. The yen swung wildly on April 29 as it surged soon after hitting a fresh 34-year low against the US dollar, fuelling speculation Japanese authorities may have intervened to support the currency for the first time since late 2022. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Did Japan’s central bank intervene in the currency markets after the yen hit a 34 year low? ‘No comment for now’

    By Ruth Carson, Yumi Teso, and others
  • Burning one hundred dollarFinance

    There’s a global backlash brewing against the US dollar as world leaders say it’s being weaponized for American interests

    By Michelle Jamrisko, Ruth Carson, and others
  • red tone rates word block. Signifying hawkish and aggressive high interest ratesFinance

    Goldman Sachs warns investors not to bet ‘too early’ on the Fed cutting rates in 2023

    By Ruth Carson and Bloomberg
  • A man walks past the Moscow&#8217;s stock market building in downtown Moscow on February 28, 2022. &#8211; Russia&#8217;s central bank announced on February 28, 2022 it was raising its key interest rate to 20 percent from 9.5 percent as the West pummelled the country with sanctions over Moscow&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    ‘We can’t sell our Russian stocks’: Russian companies are being erased from stock indexes as Putin’s Ukraine invasion makes them ‘uninvestable’

    By Farah Elbahrawy, Ruth Carson, and others
  • UKRAINE &#8211; 2021/02/21: In this photo illustration, hands are seen counting US 100 dollar bills. (Photo Illustration by Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Finance

    Bad news for Americans traveling abroad—here comes the weaker dollar

    By Ruth Carson, Livia Yap, and others
  • BlackRock offices in New York City.Finance

    BlackRock is betting against the Greenback—regardless of who wins the U.S. election

    By Upmanyu Trivedi, Ruth Carson, and others
  • As Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden rises in the poll, the dollar has continued to lose its value. Goldman Sachs analyst expect that trend to intensify should Biden win election next month.Finance

    Short the dollar if Biden wins the White House, Goldman Sachs suggests

    By Ruth Carson and Bloomberg