Calm in Britain’s financial markets following Labour victory contrasts with turmoil elsewhere in Europe
How a Biden or Trump second term as president could affect the currency
Traders on alert for further currency intervention as market impact of April’s $62bn effort proves shortlived
Eastward expansion of 20-country currency bloc suffers setback
Unexpectedly strong dollar and misfiring ‘carry trades’ fuel 4.4% loss
Efforts by president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum to steady markets enjoy limited success
Advanced economies’ central banks expect the metal’s share of global reserves to rise at the expense of the dollar
Buying the discount chain was meant to boost performance over rivals but instead it has become a profit drag
China’s reliance on exports is set to fan the flames of protectionism elsewhere
Washington’s latest curbs force transactions in dollars or euros off central exchange
Global demand for the US currency remains extremely robust while appetite for the renminbi has soured
Global central bank holdings of the single currency fell by €100bn last year, the European Central Bank said in a report
More reforms are needed if the euro is to maintain and strengthen its role amid geopolitical shifts
Don’t greenback in anger
Elevated interest rates spur demand, despite calls from some countries to move away from US currency
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Currency’s slide towards 34-year lows resumes as finance ministry reveals scale of market intervention
But this may not be obvious to investors who cut their teeth in the past decade
Markets push central bank for a weaker currency to reflect the gap in bond yields with the US
Pound has been boosted by expectations BoE will lower borrowing costs later than ECB
US currency on track for first negative month of the year after end to months of above-forecast CPI data
American companies issue €30bn in euro-denominated bonds as investor demand for European corporate debt grows
Unilateral efforts to prop up Japan’s currency are expensive and potentially futile
Even more serious than Fed rate rises would be a politically driven devaluation of the US currency
Investors raise short positions to 16-month high as conviction grows that UK borrowing costs will fall ahead of US
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