GBP Edges Down vs USD, Hits Fresh 812Y High against JPY

March 20 Reuters Sterling fell against a strengthening dollar after shrugging off British data on Wednesday as investors await the outcome of the Federal Reserve policy meeting. The pound hit a fresh 812year high versus the yen as the Bank of Japan BOJ decision to exit its negative interest rates policy left higheryielding currencies such as the […]
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Yen Slides to near 4Month Low, Fed in Focus

SINGAPORE, March 20 Reuters The yen languished near a fourmonth low against the U.S. dollar and a 16year trough against the euro on Wednesday as traders wagered Japan39;s monetary settings will remain accommodative even as the central bank ends its negative interest rate policy. While the Bank of Japan on Tuesday ushered in the country39;s first rate hike in 17 years, […]
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Polish Farmers Intensify Protests Against Executioner EU

WARSAW, March 20 Reuters Polish farmers blocked roads with tractors and flares on Wednesday in escalating protests against EU environmental regulations and cheap food imports from neighbouring Ukraine which the bloc provisionally agreed to prolong. Placards depicted a farmer swinging from a gallows next to wind farms and an EUemblazoned executioner with the words Green Deal […]
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