Category: wary

  • Israelis Wary of Lebanon Truce Trickle Back to Damaged Homes

    Breadcrumb links BMN Business The school is out of service, having been hit by heavy shrapnel in July. Some houses are closed from direct strikes. Many hectares of avocado orchards were lost to fires started by missiles. Article writer: Bloomberg News Ethan Bruner Published on December 7, 2024 • 4…

  • Villagers are wary of plans to dam a river to ensure Panama Canal’s water supply

    Breadcrumb links PMN BMN Business Article writer: Associated Press Alma Solis Posted on October 23, 2024 • 5 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. Article content EL GOPO, Panama (AP) — A long wooden boat has…

  • UBS wary of chasing dollar weakness ahead of payrolls By Investing.com

    Investing.com – Stock prices rose and stock markets suffered weakness in response to Iranian missile attacks on Israel, but gains in the US dollar were more weak, UBS said, suggesting a market that is not particularly concentrated in short dollar trades. At 05:20 ET (09:20 GMT), the dollar index, which…

  • Markets wary of Gideon Sa’ar joining government

    The trend in yesterday’s session on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and in the foreign exchange market was negative, and it worsened as the day went on. This was in contrast to the global trend of a weaker US dollar, and the mixed trend on European stock exchanges and in…

  • Fed’s Bowman says she remains wary of future rate cuts

    And my siblings U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman on Tuesday expressed caution about future interest rate cuts, citing the risks of higher inflation. Bowman has been one of the central bank’s most hawkish members, giving few signs of her willingness to support a rate cut at the Fed’s meeting.…

  • Yen flip-flops in volatile trading, keeping investors wary By Reuters

    Written by Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The yen faced choppy trading on Thursday after a sharp fall the previous day in a volatile week as investors had to digest the unwinding of popular interest rate positions and how Japanese monetary policy might evolve. The yen swung between a 0.14%…

  • Dollar steady ahead of start of Fed meeting; traders remain wary By Investing.com

    Investing.com – The U.S. dollar was largely steady on Tuesday, with traders cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate-setting meeting. At 05:10 ET (09:10 GMT), the dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was slightly higher at 104.342, trading within a narrow…

  • 5 reasons the Bank of Japan should be wary of hiking rates this week

    Via Scotia, Preview Comments on What to Expect from the Bank of Japan. Of the 46 consensus forecasters, only 9 expect a rate hike. Markets are pricing in a 10 basis point rate hike, which has been around 70% with pricing around 7 basis points. The argument for raising interest…

  • Timiraos: Fed cut unlikely on Wednesday but officials wary of waiting too long

    The Wall Street Journal’s Fed watcher Nick Timeraos released his latest interest rate forecasts, and he didn’t include any sort of leak about a potential rate cut. Instead, Timeraos confirmed that the Fed will be preparing to cut rates in September without making a prior commitment. That’s a consensus view…

  • Analysis-Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’ By Reuters

    By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance could leave them several steps behind a new pandemic, Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts showed. Many have been monitoring the new H5N1…

  • FTSE 100 slides as investors wary ahead of data and election By Reuters

    Written by Purvi Agarwal and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) – British shares closed lower on Tuesday as investors remained cautious ahead of economic data that could affect expectations about the path of interest rates in the United States and the United Kingdom, and losses at Burberry also weighed on the market.…