Major currencies hold steady ahead of Fed minutes, RBNZ (1)
ReutersLast Updated: Aug 17, 2022, 07:47 AM IST
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Synopsis The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to stick to its
hawkish stance and deliver a fourth straight half-point rate increase,
according to a Reuters poll, which would mark its most aggressive
tightening in over two decades to try to rein in stubbornly-high inflation.
Major currencies were holding steady on Wednesday, ahead of another day
US, Taiwan to start formal trade talks under new initiative (3)
By REUTERS
AUGUST 18, 2022 03:33
The United States and Taiwan on Wednesday agreed to start trade talks under
a new initiative, saying they wanted to reach agreements with "economically
meaningful outcomes," in another sign of stepped up US support for the
island.
Washington and Taipei unveiled the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century
Trade in June, just days after the Biden administration excluded the