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The S&P 500 dropped 1.6 per cent overnight and is down 2.7 per cent in a week when policymakers were at pains to sound hawkish. Get more Global Markets News and Business News on Zee Business.

SINGAPORE: The Japanese yen slipped on Friday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) stuck to ultra-easy monetary policy and...

Global shares wilted and U.S. yields climbed multi-year highs on Friday after a week packed with central bank meetings signalled that the U.S. Federal Reserves interest rates would stay higher for... -September 22, 2023 at 05:02 am EDT - MarketScreener

U.S. dollar heads for tenth consecutive weekly increase

Sterling dipped against the dollar to a session low of $1.2269 after data showed retail sales in Britain rose less than expected in August.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are on track for their worst week since mid-March, while the dollar, up 0.17%, was headed for its 10th consecutive weekly increase, lifted by a fall in the euro on grim euro-zone economic data.

Treasury prices rebounded but a gauge of global equities pared gains on Friday, adding to sharp sell-offs earlier this week, after three Federal Reserve officials warned further rate hikes may be... -September 22, 2023 at 03:28 pm EDT - MarketScreener

The manufacturing sector in New Zealand continued to contract in August, and at a faster rate, the latest survey from BusinessNZ revealed on Friday with a Performance of Manufacturing Index score of 46.

The BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index dropped to its the lowest monthly reading since June 2009.

New Zealand's manufacturing sector experienced a further slowdown in August, with BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index falling slightly from 46.6 in July to 46.1. This marks the lowest rate of activity for a non-pandemic affected month since June 2009. Furthermore, the latest PMI data sits significantly below its long-term average of 52.9.