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Kamis, 21 November 2013

Dollar Gains Versus Major Peers on Fed Taper in Coming Months

The dollar rose against most major peers as Federal Reserve officials said they might reduce their $85 billion in monthly bond purchases “in coming months” as the economy improves, minutes of their last meeting show.
The euro dropped from a four-year high versus the yen as the European Central Bank is considering a negative deposit rate if more economic stimulus is needed, according to two people with knowledge of the debate. The yen strengthened as a panel said Japan’s government-run pension fund needs restructuring.
The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index, which monitors the greenback against 10 major peers, increased for the first time in four days, adding 0.4 percent to 1,019.07 yen at 5 p.m. in New York.
The euro declined 0.8 percent to 134.43 yen after earlier touching 135.95, the strongest level since October 2009. The shared currency fell 0.7 percent to $1.3439. The dollar slid 0.1 percent to 100.03 yen.
(Source: Bloomberg)

Rabu, 20 November 2013

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Selasa, 19 November 2013

Foreign Buying of U.S. Portfolio Assets Gains on Asia Demand



 International investors were net buyers of U.S. long-term portfolio assets in September as demand strengthened from China and Japan, the two largest foreign holders of Treasuries.

The net long-term portfolio investment inflow was $25.5 billion after a revised $9.8 billion outflow in August, the Treasury Department said in a statement today in Washington. China raised its holdings of U.S. government debt by 2 percent and Japan boosted its by 2.5 percent, the department said.

The data cover the month in which the Federal Reserve decided against cutting back its bond purchases at a Sept. 17-18 meeting. The Fed buys $85 billion of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities each month to keep downward pressure on borrowing costs. Officials will decide to pare purchases to $70 billion a month at their March 18-19 meeting, according to the median of economist estimates in a Bloomberg survey on Nov. 8.

Today’s report showed China’s holdings swelled $25.7 billion to $1.29 trillion in September. Japan increased its share by $29 billion to $1.18 trillion, the figures showed.

The Treasury’s monthly report on the cross-border flow of portfolio assets captures foreign buying and selling of U.S. securities as well as American investors’ transactions abroad. It also tracks holdings of Treasuries by countries.
(Source: Bloomberg)