Asia-Pacific marketplaces generally better following Powell’s most recent comments on inflation

Asia-Pacific marketplaces generally better following Powell’s most recent comments on inflation


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China is slated to release its August inflation information, which is anticipated to have picked up from July.

“China’s weak progress outlook and accommodative monetary policy stance versus the aggressive tightening underway by the FOMC will retain USD/CNH nicely supported,” Commonwealth Lender of Australia’s Fx strategist Kristina Clifton claimed in a observe, referring to the offshore yuan.

The offshore yuan stood at 6.96, whilst the Japanese yen was at 143.85 and the Korean received stood at 1,383.11 in opposition to the greenback.



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