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Iryna Ustenko | Istock | Getty Images The U.S. dollar strengthened against the Mexican peso and other major global currencies overnight as presidential election results came into focus. The greenback gained 2.9% against the Mexican peso, hitting its highest level since 2022. The dollar was also higher against the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and Chinese […]
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda responds to questions during a Governors talk on Japanese inflation and monetary policy at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group 2024 Fall Meeting in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2024. Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters Japan’s longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party may have suffered an election […]
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the party’s headquarters following the lower house election, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority, with public broadcaster NHK projecting that the Liberal […]