* China agriculture delegation scraps U.S. farm visit to Montana. * MSCI world equity index slips. * Central bank easing helps risk sentiment but trade tensions hurt. * Treasury yields fall; dollar falls vs yen. * Oil prices edge higher. By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed.
The Canadian dollar edged lower
against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as domestic data showing
the first retail sales gain in three months failed to impress
investors.
* China agriculture delegation scraps U.S. farm visit to Montana. * MSCI world equity index slips. * Central bank easing helps risk sentiment but trade tensions hurt. * Treasury yields fall; dollar slips vs yen. * Oil prices edge higher. By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed.
U.S. Treasury yields fell on
Friday after a Chinese delegation canceled planned visits to
U.S. farms, raising concerns that the United States and China
are unlikely to forge a trade deal in the near ...
Argentine bond prices rose and risk spreads tightened on Friday after the government submitted a debt renegotiation framework bill to Congress the night before, lending some clarity to how the country will respond to its latest financial crisis.
* MSCI world equity index up. * Central bank easing helps sentiment. * Treasury yields steady as funding pressures ease. * Oil up on day, poised for biggest weekly jump since January. By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed.
U.S. Treasury yields were
steady on Friday as the New York Federal Reserve conducted
another repo operation to ease conditions in the short-term
lending markets, and as investors continued to ...
Nigeria's central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 13.5%, its governor Godwin Emefiele said on Friday. Most analysts polled by Reuters had predicted the central bank would ease in September, though Emefiele has previously said the bank would maintain its tight monetary stance in 2019. Africa's largest economy and top crude oil exporter emerged from its first recession in 25 years in 2017.
* Effective tax rate cut to about 25% - Finance Minister. * Equity markets post biggest intraday rise in over a decade. * Tax revenue loss from lower rates seen at $20.4 bln. * Bond yields rise on concern government may borrow more. By Manoj Kumar.
Nigeria's central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 13.5%, its governor Godwin Emefiele said on Friday. Most analysts previously polled by Reuters had predicted the central bank would probably ease in September.
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