Bloomberg The surge in the dollar this month to its strongest levels in decades has won a tacit endorsement from Washington, offering little official restraint to the currency in a notable shift from past occasions. Congressional hearings with key policy makers including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have seen barely a mention of the greenback’s ...

Bloomberg India’s central bank may be pivoting to the spot market from forwards in its attempts to shield the rupee from fresh record lows — in order to minimise the knock-on effects of its intervention strategy. Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) foreign-exchange reserves have fallen by about $30 billion since the end of May to $573 billion, according to its ...

  Bloomberg Julius Baer Group Ltd said the worst of the market selloff may be over for the Swiss wealth manager after a first half that was one of the most difficult in decades. Clients have started to come back and will probably look for ways to make money again in the second half, CEO Philipp Rickenbacher said. First-half profit ...