The Bank of England raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.25% Thursday, as widely anticipated by the market, in a 7-2 vote.
Further tightening of monetary policy will be required "if there were signs of more persistent price pressures," the central bank said in a statement.
Balaji Srinivasan, Coinbase's (NASDAQ: COIN) former CTO, made a bold prediction on Saturday. He believes Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) price could skyrocket to $1 million by June 17 due to the
Stocks could be in for a higher opening on Friday, as indicated by the trading in the index futures. Key economic data will have a bearing on the day’s market direction, although conviction in the potential move could be less due to the thin trading volume that is characteristic of pre-holiday trade.
The Russian rouble plunged to its weakest level in over seven months against the dollar on Monday and was on the path to its biggest single-day drop since July.
Billionaire investor and founder of Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (OTC: PSHZF) Bill Ackman has revealed he has a large notional short position against the Hong Kong dollar saying the
Ghana's government is negotiating a new policy regime where it will use its gold rather than its U.S. dollar reserves to buy oil products, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia said in a Facebook post on Thursday.