EBC Daily Snapshot Mar 13, 2024
EBC Forex Snapshot
13 Mar 2024
The US dollar held steady against its major peers on Wednesday, as hotter-than-expected inflation left analysts wondering whether the Fed will have sufficient data to justify more than a couple of rate cuts all year.
The yen firmed following its biggest loss in a month. The BOJ governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday that the economy was recovering but also showing some signs of weakness.
Expectations are for bumper pay raises, with a number of Japan's biggest companies already saying they had agreed to fully meet union demands for pay increases at annual wage negotiations.
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Publication date:
2024-03-13 08:43:08 (GMT)