20 February 2023
Money in the Market: What's next for Japanese yen bulls under Kazuo Ueda's leadership?
Kazuo Ueda has been nominated as the new governor of the Bank of Japan, succeeding Haruhiko Kuroda in April. The question remains whether he will stick to Japan’s ultra-loose policy. He’s already been dubbed neither as dove nor a hawk, but an owl. What does that mean? What will be his stance on monetary policy? Will he change course? And what’s next for the Japanese yen? On Money in the Market, The Afternoon Update's Hongbin Jeong speaks to Ruth Carson, Senior Reporter for FX & Rates at Bloomberg to find out more.

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7 November 2022
Money in the Market: When will the dollar’s pain finally come to an end?
The surprisingly strong tumble in the dollar at the end of last week following a mixed and muddled payrolls report underscores just how febrile and fickle markets are becoming. But the dollar recovered those losses today as sentiment soured after China said it is sticking with its strict COVID restrictions, quashing hopes of an imminent reopening in the world's second-largest economy which had earlier fired a broad rally in riskier assets. On Money in the Market, Ruth Carson, Senior Reporter for FX & Rates at Bloomberg, joins us to tell us more about the outlook of the US dollar.


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01 Aug 2022
Money in the Market: Could there be more upside to the dollar?
The dollar weakened last week on a less hawkish Fed, as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points for the second straight month to tame inflation, and Fed chair Jerome Powell’s comments spurred hopes for a slower hiking path. But could there still be more upside to the dollar? On Money in the Market, Hongbin Jeong is joined by Ruth Carson, Senior Reporter for FX & Rates at Bloomberg, who tells us more about the King dollar and how it’s upending markets.

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14 February 2022
In The Spotlight: US dollar trends and what it means to other major currencies
In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Ruth Carson, Senior Currency Reporter at Bloomberg for an update on the US dollar, inflation rates, and the impact of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine on currency markets.

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1 March 2021
Is the turmoil in the bond market set to continue?
Ruth Carson, Senior Reporter, FX & Rates, Bloomberg  shares the outlook for the bond market in the week ahead and what this means for currencies such as Singapore dollar.

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