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Asia spent $50bn to defend its currencies from US dollar

  Bloomberg Asian governments spent about $50 billion in foreign-exchange reserves last month — the highest level since March 2020 — to defend their currencies from a relentless advance in the US dollar. Exante Data Inc., a firm that specialises in tracking global capital flows, estimates emerging Asian nations excluding China spent nearly $30 billion with dollar sales in the ...

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Japanese yen slumps to three-decade low

  Bloomberg The yen fell to its lowest level in more than 30 years in the aftermath the hotter-than-expected US inflation report, before reversing the move in a whiplash trade that raised market chatter of potential intervention. The Japanese currency falls to 147.67 per dollar, the weakest since August 1990, before bouncing back in choppy trading. It fluctuated around the ...

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Apple partners with Goldman Sachs to offer savings accounts

  Bloomberg Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will team up to offer savings accounts to users of the tech company’s credit card. “Apple Card users will be able to open the new high-yield savings account and have their daily cash automatically deposited into it — with no fees, no minimum deposits and no minimum balance requirements,” Apple said. ...

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