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Dollar soft on recovering sentiment before U.S. jobs data

AgenciesSingapore, Oct.8 — USD hovered below a year high to major peers on Friday amid improved risk sentiment.Meanwhile traders awaited clues on the pace of Federal Reserve policy normalization from a closely watched monthly payrolls reports.The risk-sensitive Australian dollar held near the three-week high hit overnight, when it surged 0.55% against the greenback.Global equities rallied and bond yields climbed after U.S. Senate leaders moved to avert a U.S. debt default, while a global easing in energy prices tempered simmering stagflation fears.“The improvement in risk appetite favours pro-growth currencies, with safe-haven pairs the underperformers,” Rodrigo Catril, senior FX strategist at National Australia Bank in Sydney, wrote...

October 8, 2021 at 10:12 am | Economic Affairs

Stabilizing Baluchistan

Born and raised as privileged individuals, it’s often the case that we end up raising our voice and concern for the rights of Muslims far away in Palestine or Myanmar, forgetting our very own neighbourhoods that have been struggling for their rights for decades. Many of us who do even end up raising our voices, seldom do so beyond social media, doing more harm than good to the Baloch cause — a cause which is more about getting an equal playing field and less about Baloch independence. My experience with Baluchistan has been different, and naturally my problem-identification and solution is also counter-intuitive. Successive governments in Pakistan, both democratic and military, have tried to reach middle ground to resolve the crisis ...

August 21, 2015 at 5:26 pm | News Desk