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Weakening currencies in the post-Soviet states threaten to raise default rates on foreign - currency mortgages as collapse of the Baltic real estate bubble drags down Swedish banks, while the Hungarian property plunge threatens Austrian banks.

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The findings correlate with an uneven year for business in 2015, due to stock market volatility in the third quarter, which ended a long bull run in the wake of weakening global economies and a devaluing of China's currency.

The rising dollar negatively influences companies that have a huge global presence as they end up trading in a weakened domestic currency.

The Malaysian ringgit was the worst performing currency in Asia this week, weakening by another 2.83 percent.

«One of the ongoing problems in the PC market has been the price hike in selected regions due to the weakening local currency against the U.S. dollar,» said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner.

Like many other Chinese developers, Country Garden has borrowed money from overseas, which could leave it vulnerable to any weakening in the Chinese currency and to higher interest rates in the United States.

Risks associated with investing in Industrials include the possibility of a worsening in the global economy, acquisition integration risk, operational issues, failure to introduce to market new and innovative products, further weakening in the oil market, potential price wars due to any excesses industry capacity, and a sustained rise in the dollar relative to other currencies.

In other currency trading, the dollar weakened to 117.43 yen from 117.82 in late trading ThursdaIn other currency trading, the dollar weakened to 117.43 yen from 117.82 in late trading Thursdain late trading Thursday.

Since 2001 the silver and gold markets have gone up substantially as a reaction to the 20 year precious metals bear market from 1980 — 2000, massive increases in military spending, weakening global economies that REQUIRE Quantitative Easing to avoid deflation, the rise of competing currencies that weaken the dollar's trading status, excessive debts in Europe, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and so much more.

The franc has weakened to 1.20 against the euro for the first time since the Swiss National Bank ditched its cap on the currency in January 2015.

«The opportunity in emerging market debt looks better, with many currencies having weakened significantly,» he adds.

As of today, the unemployment level maintains to the lowest levels since 2009, but any increase in unemployment may weaken the European currency against major pairs, including Yen.

«Yield spreads over developed market bonds are reasonable, and the opportunities for adding value are more extensive, although emerging market currencies may need to weaken further in the short term.»

A slowing economy, uncertain fuel price regulations, new taxes and a weakening currency have slowed new - car sales to a 2.8 % gain in May from 7 % the same month a year earlier.

The country's healthy trade surpluses and the Plaza Accord in 1985, which sought to weaken the U.S. dollar against the Yen and German Deutsche Mark, caused the Yen currency to appreciate against other currencies, which in turn made foreign capital investments relatively inexpensive for Japanese companies.

«The distinction amongst the sturdy pound and the weakening euro and rising marketplace currencies — with each other with weak point in these economies — assist to drive profit warnings from the internationally - uncovered FTSE one hundred to a document high.»

«China has paved the way for a further weakening of its currency by announcing changes in how it measures the value of the renminbi, raising investors» alarm at the prospect a new currency war just as the US prepares to raise interest rates» (FT, 12/12/15).

The website does not discuss whether this is utilized as a convenient venue for currency manipulation or risk limitation, but it is well known that the SNB has been heavily engaged in fixing the price of the Swiss France in order to weaken the currency for the benefit of the export - dominated Swiss economy.

With its new basket, Chinese authorities have found a way to weaken their currency while anchoring market expectations in an effort to avoid a market shock similar to that of last August's stock market crash, according to a BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research report.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi then weighed in and seemed aghast at the remote possibility that someone in a high governmental position might make a comment to weaken their currencies.

The emerging markets sell - off intensified on Monday with stocks heading for their worst day in almost six months even before Latin American bourses opened, and currencies weakened further until the Turkish central bank prompted speculation it might raise rates by calling an emergency meeting.

They printed a massive amount of Swiss Franc which they've converted to other currencies which they bought equities and they've done so well so the paper profit 55 billion last year equal to eight percent of their GDPall through the creation of money in order to keep the Swiss Franc weak, which they've managed to weaken against the Euro last year also by about 10 percent even though the Swiss itself held against the dollar was a little bit stronger..

The DOLLAR INDEX is lower by 3.2 %, which is also in contravention of conventional wisdom as QE is done to weaken one's currency in an effort to aid the domestic economy.

As long as Canada remains weak because of low oil prices, a weakened currency and a general slowdown of the world economy, we'll continue to see opportunities in the beaten down Canadian banking sector.

«Investors believe the PBOC will choose or be forced to allow the currency to weaken in the future even if that is not its plan today,» he said.

The Chinese yuan generally tracks the U.S. dollar; strength in the U.S. dollar in 2015 may have forced the PBOC to act quickly to weaken its currency.

Attending college in Europe might be the dream, but with low tuition fees and weakening currency, Canada is the financially responsible choice.

Profits at Japanese automakers have surged in yen terms as the Japanese currency weakened against the U.S. dollar over the past year, helped by a mammoth Bank of Japan effort to expand the money supply and ignite inflation to end years of economic stagnation.

With the weakening of the lira against the dollar, the private sector will have a harder time repaying its foreign currency - denominated debt, S&P said, adding this would negatively impact government debt — 40 percent of which is denominated in foreign currency.

In my letter Prepare for a Crisis, I wrote that, «Japan's new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has once again set the stage for a potential global currency war, announcing plans to create money and buy bonds as the government looks to stimulate their weakening economy.»

The IMF recently said the currency is 20 per cent overvalued and this strength is weakening the competitive position of the New Zealand dairy industry in international markets.

A weakening dollar often results in financial traders taking investment out of currency markets and into commodity futures like crude.

The weakening of the rand against major world currencies in 2015 seems to not only have affected our country's lending ability.

In such a situation, nations will try to weaken their currencies to gain a nominal advantage over other nations, so that they can export more.

The offshore yield has traded above the onshore yield since 2014, on the back of the weakening currency and tightening liquidity in the offshore market.

On one hand you have the Federal Reserve angling to boost interest rates, while on the other, central banks in Europe and Japan continue efforts to lower rates, thus weakening their respective currencies.

Currently, anxiety has been sparked mostly by the ever - weakening Chinese currency and oil prices that have fallen to their lowest levels in eleven years.

To begin, while headlines may indicate the dollar is strengthening, remember that there are 180 currencies in the world and they are not all weakening against the dollar.

In Switzerland, but not in Japan, negative interest rates weakened the currencIn Switzerland, but not in Japan, negative interest rates weakened the currencin Japan, negative interest rates weakened the currency.

Just as emerging market downturns tend to coincide with periods of weakening EM currencies, bull markets in emerging markets are inclined to feature corresponding appreciation in EM currencies.

Losses in commodity markets especially crude oil are also contributing to the Dollarâ $ ™ s strength.The EUR USD is weakening on liquidation of higher yielding currencies.

In 2017, the dollar fell against most currencies, which boosted returns on many foreign bond funds (when the buck weakens, investments in foreign currencies translate into more dollarsIn 2017, the dollar fell against most currencies, which boosted returns on many foreign bond funds (when the buck weakens, investments in foreign currencies translate into more dollarsin foreign currencies translate into more dollars).

However, fewer international funds made the list, with hard - currency ones partially affected by the weakening dollar in 2017.

For US Dynamic Hedging clients during the quarter, hedging returns in the programmes were negative, as the US dollar weakened against the weighted basket of hedged currencies.

The Russian market did benefit from the commodity bounce, but the H1 jump in the JRS share price was actually more about currency gains, with sterling weakening 10 % vs. the dollar & 20 % vs. the ruble.

Factor in the sharp drop in the $ A since the start of the year and weakening outlook for commodity currencies, and they might even have to settle for less than book (pure speculation on my part).

Finally, not only has the AUD$ recouped the drop you cited in the short run for the year, many would question your supposition of a weakened outlook for commodity currencies vs. the US government's overly leveraged situation.

[1] That has been changing as the spreads between hedged international equity portfolios and unhedged international equity portfolios has widened considerably in recent months, and they may widen even more, all else being equal, if other major currencies continue to weaken relative to the U.S. dollar.

When USD is the base currency and the quote goes up, that means USD has strengthened in value and the other currency has weakened.

After seeing the loonie broadly weaken in 2017, many Canadian investors are asking whether the time is right to incorporate a currency hedge in their global equity portfolio.