The dollar appreciated broadly on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve indicated it was in no rush to cut interest rates further this year due to uncertainties around U.S. The euro was 0.46% lower against the dollar at $1.0852 after U.S. Powell’s comments and the Fed statement underscored the challenge faced by policymakers as they navigate President Donald Trump’s plans to levy duties on imports from U.S. 7% against the euro since mid-January, Jayati Bharadwaj, a global FX strategist at TD Securities, said. Bharadwaj, who expects the dollar to strengthen in the near term, said. The Swiss franc weakened after the Swiss National Bank lowered its policy rate to 0.25%, while the Swedish krona was soft after its central bank maintained its interest rate. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said. Recent U.S. data have helped temper worries over slowing U.S. Traders are pricing in about 63 basis points of Fed easing this year, LSEG data showed. Data on Thursday showed the number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, suggesting the labor market remained stable in March. Wednesday, held interest rates steady and signaled two quarter-point interest rate cuts for later this year, the same median forecast as three months ago.
With President Donald Trump still expected to implement new reciprocal tariff rates against major trading partners on April 2, investors were skittish about pressing bearish bets on the dollar. In a busy day for central banks, the Swiss franc fell 0.5% against the dollar after the Swiss National Bank cut its main interest rate to just above zero and flagged increased uncertainty over the global impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. Sterling had earlier risen to a more than four-month high of $1.3015 in early Asian hours before retreating to trade down 0.3% on the day at $1.29665. On Thursday, strategists at Morgan Stanley recommended investors close their long EUR/USD and GBP/USD positions ahead of the April 2 deadline. Sweden’s central bank meanwhile kept its policy rate at 2.25%, as expected, pushing the krona 0.2% lower against the dollar. 0.5758 even as data showed the economy crawled out of a recession and grew at a faster-than-expected pace of 0.7% last quarter, although underlying details were soft. With UK inflation stuck firmly above its 2% target, the BoE has cut borrowing costs by less than the European Central Bank and the Fed since last summer, contributing to the country’s sluggish growth rate. 0.6303 after Australian employment unexpectedly fell in February, ending a strong run of impressive gains, as the red-hot labor market loosened a little, although the jobless rate remained steady. The yen was a shade weaker at 148.79 per dollar, a day after the Bank of Japan held rates and warned of heightening global economic uncertainty, suggesting the timing of further hikes will depend on the fallout from U.S. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, was down about 1.5% on the day at $84,056.
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Roxy Jacenko is currently living it up on a lavish European getaway with her family. Roxy and husband Curtis were spotted on a rare outing together, enjoying ice-cream with their kids on a jetty in the up-scale tourist spot. The mother and daughter posed side by side as they each unpacked their own gift box which contained artfully designed gold bracelets. On Saturday, Roxy took to her socials to share a video of herself unboxing a lavish set of boutique items worth thousands of dollars from famed French jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels. Jacenko’s children are no strangers to such opulent gifts, with both Hunter and Pixie having developed quite a taste for luxury goods over the last few years. The happily family tucked into their sweet treats before boarding a small boat to take them to the private yacht before sailing around the South of France. And Roxy surprised daughter Pixie with a very luxurious item of jewellery as the family touched down in the Italian Riviera. In the video, Pixie can be seen covering her mouth in shock and excitement after first catching sight of the amazing gift. On Saturday, Roxy took to her socials to share a video of herself unboxing a lavish set of boutique items worth thousands of dollars from famed French jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels. Roxy Jacenko is living it up on a lavish European getaway with her family. Pixie was spotted wearing the ornate jewellery as the family enjoyed the sights of Portofino. Also seen in the clip was Roxy’s 13-year-old daughter Pixie, who was gifted a box containing a stunning bracelet that matched the one her mother bought. It comes after Roxy and her family were recently spotted out enjoying the sun in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in the south of France. Roxy also shared a photo of herself modelling the blue version as well as the AUD $10,200 18K yellow gold model. Known as a Vintage Alhambra bracelet, it features 18 carat yellow gold and agate gemstones motifs and retails for an eye-watering AUD $7600.
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Cynthia Erivo showed off her quirky sense of style in a silver dress as she arrived the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in LA. As Elphaba battles prejudice, betrayal, and heartbreak, she ultimately embraces her destiny, revealing that history isn’t always as it seems. The annual ceremony will be hosted by Nobody Wants This star Kristen Bell. Unlike prior years, the official SAG Awards nomination ceremony was canceled for 2025 in wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that broke out in January. The Wicked actress, 38, who is nominated at the awards for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for her depiction as Elphaba. Instead, SAG-AFTRA shared the nominations online. For the glitzy evening, Cynthia went for one of her signature dramatic looks in a vintage Alexander McQueen Evening dress from the nineties. Adding inches to her petite frame, Cynthia slipped into a pair of silver pointed stilettos. The gown featured dramatic bell sleeves and a high neck with a fringe neckline, as she added silver earrings, a circle nose ring and added silver eyeshadow. Wicked’s nominations include best actress (Cynthia ), best supporting actress (Ariana Grande), best supporting actor (Jonathan Bailey), best ensemble cast and best stunt cast. For the award, Cynthia is up against Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora) and Demi Moore (The Substance). The musical blockbuster Wicked – based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical – leads the nominations for SAG’s top film honors with five nods.
A TikToker has revealed a simple hack to transform sterling silver jewellery in two minutes using a common pantry staple. She then added boiling water from the kettle directly over the jewellery and let it the baking soda ‘work its magic’. All you need is a bowl of any kind, pop in some alfoil in the bottom, baking soda and then put in your jewellery,’ Emma said. Since being published, the video has been viewed a staggering 948,000 times and received hundreds of comments. She recommended using a toothbrush to carefully clean each piece followed by a polishing cloth. The jewellery was transformed from dull to shiny almost instantly, which impressed thousands online. It’s believed a chemical reaction occurs between the baking soda and silver when the hot water is added, which removes any dirt and leaves the rings looking sparkling clean. In the comments Emma also revealed another hack to ensure the jewellery is clean but not damaged during the process. She placed her 925 sterling silver Pandora rings into a bowl lined with aluminium foil then added baking soda and poured hot water over the top. I work at Pandora and the best way is to soak it in warm soapy water and scrub gently with a toothbrush! Use our polishing cloth, it’s how we do it! In a now-viral video, Aussie retail worker Emma said all you need is a bowl, hot water and baking soda. Pandora, which has store locations around Australia, offer free cleaning services to polish their products customers own. Emma said in the video. Okay so the more I tell people about this hack, the more I realise that people don’t know, and they need to know!