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RBI measures a step in right direction but forex inflows still seen limited

RBI announced five measures pertaining to the liberalisation of foreign exchange flows into India

Euro below $1.06 as Christine Lagarde keeps July policy options open

Oil prices are up 10% in barely a week on supply constraint concerns with Brent crude holding above $117, pushing the Canadian dollar and the Australian dollar up 0.3% and 0.4% respectively

Dollar treads water as stock markets reassess rate hike bets; ECB eyed

US Federal rate hikes are being counted on while share market investors are hedging their bets, leading to a Dollar drop

Credit's rout is so severe that double-digit losses are the norm

Investors have now lost 10.1 per cent this year on euro high-grade corporate bonds, Bloomberg debt indexes show

European stocks, euro slip as ECB set to join rate hike club from July

European stocks have taken a dip alongisde the currency as ECB sets in to join the rate hike club like many others, say reports

Euro drops after ECB's mixed comments; dollar hits fresh 25-month high

ECB President Christine Lagarde struck a dovish tone by saying the central bank might need to cut its growth outlook

England cricket team wants Ricky Ponting as Test coach, says report

The Australian legend Ponting is currently working as head coach with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals

Euro hits two-year low vs dollar as ECB seen in no rush to hike rates

Lagarde said there was no clear timeframe for when rates would start to rise, adding it could be weeks or even several months after the end of stimulus

Macron lead in French election lends a hand to the euro ahead of ECB

The euro briefly flickered as high as $1.0955 in thin early hours of the Asia session, before settling about 0.15% higher than Friday's close at $1.0890. It was also firmer on sterling and the yen.

Asian stock markets wary ahead of ECB meeting, US inflation data

The mood in equity markets was cautious, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan easing 0.1%. Japan's Nikkei dropped 0.6%, having shed 2.6% last week.

Tentative Ukraine peace hopes lift world stocks and bond yields

Brent crude futures fell as much as $4 a barrel and European gas prices slipped to 115 euros per megawatt hour, some 100 euros below recent peaks

World stocks rise, oil retreats in 'less panicked' trading session

Moscow accused the United States on Wednesday of declaring an economic war on Russia, and said it was considering a response to the US ban on Russian oil and energy imports

Euro pulls back from 3-week highs as Italian real yields approach zero

Euro zone bond yields edged lower on Tuesday but many in the currency market were still concerned that a sharp rise in bond yields could weigh on the prospects of a broad-based economic recovery

ECB keeps policy unchanged as expected despite record inflation

After the ECB extended support measures only in December, policy change was not expected to be on the agenda

Dollar takes a break from this week's slide ahead of BoE, ECB meetings

Shares in Twitter and Spotify also fell and Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 2%, dragging on demand for currencies like the Antipodeans, said Westpac analyst Imre Speizer in Christchurch

European Central Bank must 'not rush' to tighten monetary policy: Official

The European Central Bank (ECB) must not rush to tighten its monetary policy since the elevated inflation rates look transitory, the bank's President Christine Lagarde said

ECB should not react to current inflation spike, says Christine Lagarde

Inflation in the euro zone hit 4.1 per cent in October, pushed up by higher energy costs, and is expected to stay above the ECB's 2 per cent target next year

ECB mustn't tighten despite 'painful' inflation, Lagarde says

The bank is taking concerns about rising prices "very seriously," Lagarde told the Frankfurt European Banking Congress

Morgan backs ECB, says issues like racism should be met "head on"

England captain Eoin Morgan on Friday backed his cricket board for taking stringent action against Yorkshire county and its batter Gary Ballance in the Azeem Rafiq racial allegations case

Fed's Powell and ECB's Lagarde to markets: Hold your rate hike horses

Rate futures and bond markets on both sides of the Atlantic had been repricing for an earlier rate-hike lift-off by the Fed and ECB over the last month