Archives for January 2008

Elsewhere, the pound weakened against the euro after Bank of England data revealed UK housing market activity remains weak, which will add to the pressure on the central bank to cut interest rates next week. The BoE said mortgage approvals — a good indicator of future housing demand — fell to 73,000 in December, their lowest level since records began, down on November’s 81,000 and well below expectations for 80,000. Intraday data provided by ComStock , an Interactive Data Company and subject to the Terms of Use . Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by FT Interactive Data . read more

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NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A Federal Reserve interest rate cut this week will hurt the dollar in the short run but may help the ailing U. By late Tuesday morning, rate futures reflected a 70 percent chance of another half-point cut, which would take the federal funds rate to 3 percent — 100 basis points below euro-zone rates. Thanks to sharply lower interest rates — the federal funds rate was at 5. That means investors who started trimming dollar exposure last year when the Fed began cutting rates may need to reverse course soon to take advantage of a dollar rebound and the possibility of stronger U. read more

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The central bank on Monday scrapped regulations barring banks from providing foreign currency-denominated loans to non-manufacturing firms in a bid to spur their investment in facilities. Beginning this week, non-manufacturers will be able to borrow loans denominated in yen and dollars on condition that the money is spent on facilities investment. In August last year, the Bank of Korea (BOK) strengthened lending rules on foreign currency loans as part of efforts to ease the won’s strength against major currencies and made it impossible for non-manufacturing firms to get such loans. The BOK said the revision of foreign currency rules can raise companies’ exposure to risks of currency fluctuations, but at the same time will make it possible for them to manage their loans more flexibly. read more

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