Unilever's warning that "significant currency weakening" in emerging markets would cause quarterly sales growth to slow reminded investors this week that currency effects will weigh on European ...

Foreign exchange weakness in emerging markets has followed a strengthening U.S. dollar as quantitative easing tapering gets closer.

Simon Property, the biggest owner of malls in the US, is as American as apple pie. Its newest bonds are decidedly not. This week, the Indianapolis-based real estate company began selling ?750m ($1.02bn) ...

Renminbi forwards hit a record high on Monday after China's central bank signalled it would tolerate further appreciation against the dollar and strong manufacturing data spurred hopes of a recovery in ...

German voters will go to the polls this weekend in a national election whose outcome could change the future of Germany and the euro zone. With one day of campaigning to go before the votes are cast on ...

On Thursday, September 5, the yield on the benchmark US government 10-year bond touched 3 per cent for the first time since 2011. The following day, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the non-farm ...

The surprise withdrawal of Federal Reserve Chairman candidate Lawrence Summers will likely give risk-on trades, such as battered emerging market currencies, a boost, analysts say.

Former ECB board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi dropped bombshells in a new book that reveals the secret machinations of European politics.

Thailand’s central bank voted unanimously to cut its 2.75% base rate by a quarter of  a percentage point on Wednesday in an attempt to stem a sharp rise in the baht. While its economic situation is unique, ...

A poll of 26,000 people across 25 countries has revealed the world's most popular nation-and given the ongoing euro zone crisis, the result might come as somewhat of a surprise.

Eight months into the yen's steep decline and Japan's policymakers are starting to voice their concern about the pace of the currency's move.

Euro zone economic growth in the the first quarter of 2013 fell 1.0% from the same period a year earlier, down from a 0.9% contraction in the fourth quarter of 2012—a sign that the monetary union’s recession ...

A higher than expected deficit figure revealed in Australia's budget on Tuesday has raised concerns that the country could follow in the same path as the highly indebted euro zone, said one expert.

A rising stock market, rising Treasury yields and a firming dollar seems like an abnormal trading relationship post-financial crisis, but the recent correlation between these markets may be sending a signal....

A 2 percent rise in the yen's value since Friday has some currency analysts calling a top on dollar-yen, just days after the currency pair looked poised to break through the key 100-barrier.

The yen weakened to within striking distance of the 100-level against the U.S. dollar on Monday, yet breaking that key psychological barrier is proving to be hard.

Demand for 500 euro bills as a store of value has started to decline, according to a currency strategist at one of the world's largest banks, who told CNBC that the note is used extensively for criminal ...

Billionaire investor George Soros is the latest person to criticize Germany's role in the euro zone crisis, telling the country that it should consider leaving the euro zone.

After talking their currency down 20 percent over the past four months, Japanese policymakers have suddenly gone silent as the yen halts its dramatic fall. Why?

The decision by the euro zone to force bank depositors in Cyprus to contribute towards a bailout, a first in the euro zone debt crisis, could hurt other peripheral nations, the euro and the global stock ...

The political risks to the euro zone and its currency have receded and if the area stays on the "right track", the region's crisis could be largely over by the end of the year, Holger Schmieding, ...

The rapid decline in the Japanese currency's value against the U.S. dollar, which touched a three-and-a-half-year low of 95.45 on Friday, has analysts wondering where to place their next bets.

This week's sharp rebound in the yen suggests the currency's steep downtrend that began in November on the back of calls for aggressive monetary easing in Japan may well be over as uncertainty and fear ...

Political deadlock will cause chaos in Italy and could provoke upheaval in the wider euro zone economy, as well as in the currency and equity markets, analysts told CNBC.

An inconclusive election result in Italy that raises the specter of policy deadlock in the euro zone's third largest economy, appears to have stopped a stellar euro rally and could mark a turnaround in ...

Investors in the euro should tread with caution, Geoffrey Yu, FX strategist at UBS told CNBC on Friday, warning that concerns over political stability in some of the euro zone's biggest countries could ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's concerns over the impact of a strong euro on a weak euro zone economy raise the prospect of monetary easing to dent the currency's appeal, an analyst ...

The yen continued its slide against the dollar on Monday after global finance ministers at the weekend avoided directly criticizing Japan for pursuing policies that have led to significant weakness in ...

China has been less vocal than other major economies in recent weeks in voicing discontent about a sharp slide in the yen, which means stronger currencies elsewhere. Yet, Beijing is taking action of its ...

The recent strength in the euro is reigniting concerns over the health of the euro zone, with analysts questioning whether too strong a currency could derail Europe's recovery by dampening export demand....

As confidence returns to global markets, investors appear to be using the cheap yen once again to fund investments in risky assets - a trade that is likely to give the battered Japanese currency another ...

Japan's new government certainly isn't mincing its words about wanting a weaker yen. But Tokyo can now expect to face increased resistance overseas to any efforts to engineer a weaker currency, analysts ...

Further weakness in the yen, trading near its lowest level in more than two years against the dollar, is unlikely given the currency's recent and rapid decline, said former top currency official in Japan ...

A fall in euro zone government bond yields, rallying regional equity markets and a stronger euro suggest that six months after Mario Draghi pledged to save the euro zone from collapse, the European Central ...

Japan's new government has vowed to revive the economy and expectations for aggressive monetary easing are running high. This sets the scene for the yen, which has fallen sharply and quickly in recent ...

The Japanese government has given a "sell" signal for the yen, Dennis Gartman, editor of The Gartman Letter, says.

A sweeping victory for Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in elections over the weekend sent the safe-haven yen tumbling to a 20-month low on Monday, and strategists expect the currency ...

Europe has made "tangible" progress in reforms that have helped to rebalance the euro zone economy, but the currency bloc must continue with these efforts to restore confidence, says the European ...

Yet another change of leadership in Japan and the prospect of more aggressive monetary easing have sent the safe haven yen tumbling to a six-month low and currency strategists tell CNBC the days of a strong ...

The euro, which hit a two-month low against the dollar on Tuesday as hopes that Greece would receive essential aid soon, faces further losses as concern about Greece's future grow, currency analysts warn....

Just a month ago traders were on high alert for intervention from Japan to weaken its surging currency. Now that the yen is falling against the dollar, the pressure on Japan to take action has eased, but ...

A Greek departure from the euro currency, followed by other southern European countries, would cut 17 trillion euros ($22 trillion) from global economic growth, causing a worldwide recession hitting the ...

Norway, which chose to remain outside the EU and the euro currency, enjoys an enviably stable economy and a booming housing market - but it could be going down the perilous route taken by Spain and Ireland, ...

A 500-billion euro ($650 billion) bailout fund, one of the key tools of policymakers trying to find a solution to the euro zone debt crisis, will be launched later on Monday with Spain expected to be the ...

Once upon a time, the foreign exchange (FX) markets enjoyed a clear framework for trading and were seen as a reflection of the health of global economies. But as central bank programs of quantitative easing ...

Unemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro hit its highest level since the currency was introduced back in 1999, official figures showed Monday, adding to fears that the region is in recession.Eurostat, ...

The manufacturing downturn in the 17 countries that use the euro got worse in March, a closely watched survey revealed Monday, reinforcing fears that the single currency bloc is in recession.Financial ...

World stock markets fell Thursday as signs of weakness in the world's two biggest economies kept investors at bay.Benchmark oil lingered near $105 a barrel. The dollar fell against the euro and the yen.Caution ...