* Higher U.S. Treasury yields underpin dollar* Dollar index trades around two-week highs* New Zealand dollar skids as RBNZ holds steady By Lisa TwaroniteTOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The dollar was off recent lows against major rivals on Thursday, benefiting from the euro's weakness and higher U.S. yields but capped by concerns about recent equity market volatility.Against a basket of six major rival...Read More

LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - British companies are raising the salaries they offer to new permanent staff at the fastest rate since June 2015 due to a shortage of good-quality staff, recruiters said in a survey published on Thursday.The Recruitment and Employment Confederation said businesses were hiring staff at the joint-fastest rate since April 2015, and running into skills shortages."This in...Read More

Investor, Modern Energy Expert & Author of 'My Electrician Drives a Porsche?', Gianni Kovacevic cautions investors looking to uranium.Mr Kovacevic - speaking ahead of his appearance at Mines and Money Asia in Hong Kong this April - said it is becoming more and more difficult to see serious long-term demand for the commodity."There are 447 nuclear reactors and investors are always told about the 60...Read More

Barrick Gold Corp expects to record a pre-tax charge of around US$429 million at its stalled Pascua-Lama project in South America in the fourth quarter due to reclassifying its gold reserves.Read full newsRead More

Ann SaphirHONOLULU (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will stick to its plan for “steady, gradual” interest-rate increases even though recent U.S. economic data has been stronger than some have expected and the labor market has tightened, a Fed policymaker said Wednesday.“I am going to try to dispel you of the myth that the Federal Reserve is going to overreact or somehow undermine...Read More

* PREVIOUS TRADING SESSION MOVES:* SSEC -1.8 pct, CSI300 -2.4 pct, HSI -0.9 pct* HK->Shenzhen Connect daily quota used 15.1 pct* CNY official close 6.283 per dollar* FTSE China A50 -3.4 pct, BNY Mellon ADR China Select Index -2.8 pct SHANGHAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Following is a list of recent corporate and policy announcements, as well as other news that might affect Chinese financial markets.Po...Read More

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb. 7, 2018) - Uranium Participation Corporation ("UPC") (TSX:U) reports its estimated net asset value at January 31, 2018 was CAD$459.3 million or CAD$3.47 per share. As at January 31, 2018, UPC's uranium investment portfolio consisted of the following: (in thousands of Canadian dollars, except quantity amounts)Quantity Fair ValueInvestments in Uranium: Ura...Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s financial regulator is planning to conduct on-site inspections this week on several cryptocurrency exchange operators that may be vulnerable to cyber-attacks, Jiji Press reported on Thursday.The Financial Services Agency (FSA) last Friday swooped on Coincheck Inc for surprise checks of its systems after the Tokyo-based operator had $530 million in digital money stol...Read More

(Reuters) - Canada “might very well be better off” not signing up to an updated version of the NAFTA trade pact rather than accepting a bad deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.Trudeau, speaking at the University of Chicago, said in a televised address he expected a good deal from negotiations to modernize the $1.2 trillion North American Free Trade Agreement....Read More

(Kitco News) - The beginning stages of a new relationship between bitcoin and gold have been discovered by RBC Capital Markets.The correlation is described as a “marginal[ly] negative” one by Christopher Louney, commodity strategist at RBC Capital Markets.“When we saw interest in bitcoin peak [in December], as measured by Google Trends, that is when we noticed this marginal negat...Read More

(Kitco News) - The beginning stages of a new relationship between bitcoin and gold have been discovered by RBC Capital Markets.The correlation is described as a “marginal[ly] negative” one by Christopher Louney, commodity strategist at RBC Capital Markets.“When we saw interest in bitcoin peak [in December], as measured by Google Trends, that is when we noticed this marginal negat...Read More

Feb 8 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News DATECOUNTRY AUCTION DETAILS8-FebUnited States Sale of 30-year bond8-FebJapan 3-month discount bill auction8-FebJapan Auction of 30-year government bonds12-FebNorwayAuction of Treasury bills12-FebItaly Bills auction13-FebItaly Medium-long term auction13-FebSpain Auct...Read More

Feb 8 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Government Debt Auctions Political and General News Events Index of All Diaries Guide to Economic Indicators -----------------------------------------------------------This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 LIMA - Central bank of Peru anno...Read More

By William SchombergLONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Bank of England is expected to say on Thursday that another interest rate increase could be nearing as Britain's economy grows faster than expected ahead of its departure from the European Union in just over a year's time.The BoE raised borrowing costs for the first time in more than a decade in November, reversing a cut made in 2016 as the country...Read More

Feb 8 (Reuters) -For other diaries, please see:U.S. Federal Reserve Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News ----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8** WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee meets in executive session to vote...Read More

* RBNZ says equity market swings did not alter forecasts* Says markets have settled, sees no long term effect* Sees volatility as nerves over rate normalisation (Adds detail, commentary)By Charlotte Greenfield and John MairWELLINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank kept interest rates steady at a record low on Thursday and said volatility in equity markets this week was a warning sig...Read More

(Recasts after statement, adds details)By Agnieszka Flak MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The shareholders of Italian railways group Italo have accepted a 1.98 billion euro ($2.43 billion) takeover offer by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and scrapped plans for listing the company on the Milan bourse.The U.S.-based infrastructure fund raised its offer for all of Italo late on Wednesday from an initi...Read More

Say what you will about the underlying causes moving gold lower or higher, but the bottom line and the real truth is that dollar weakness or dollar strength is an unremovable component of gold pricing, not an outside market.While it is an entirely fair statement to say that there are external markets that are influencing gold prices, one of the most significant factors both during the last rally a...Read More

Say what you will about the underlying causes moving gold lower or higher, but the bottom line and the real truth is that dollar weakness or dollar strength is an unremovable component of gold pricing, not an outside market.While it is an entirely fair statement to say that there are external markets that are influencing gold prices, one of the most significant factors both during the last rally a...Read More

* AMP reports full-year underlying earnings of A$1.04 bln* AMP expects to update on outcome of insurance unit review by May (Adds update for insurance unit, share price)By Paulina DuranSYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Australia's AMP Ltd more than doubled its full-year underlying earnings, boosted by growth in its Australian wealth protection business and AMP Bank.Australia's largest wealth manager also...Read More