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  • U.S. Dollar Rallies on Black Market, Boosted by Hawkish Fed Comments

    U.S. Dollar Rallies on Black Market, Boosted by Hawkish Fed Comments

    On Thursday morning, the U.S. dollar experienced a rise against the Vietnamese dong in the black market, and also saw an increase over major currencies. The greenback saw a hike of 0.18% to VND27,800 at unofficial exchange points.

    Meanwhile, Vietcombank maintained its rate at VND26,345. The State Bank of Vietnam also held its reference rate steady at VND25,091.

    On a global scale, the dollar made gains following some hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve, settling near a two-week high at 99.09 against a selection of currencies. The Federal Reserve, on Wednesday, reduced rates by 25 basis points as anticipated and confirmed that it will conclude its balance sheet contraction on December 1.

    In other currency news, the Australian dollar saw a rise of 0.2% to $0.6588. Similarly, the New Zealand dollar also observed a gain of 0.2% to $0.5775.

    Questions & Answers

    What was the increase of the U.S. dollar against the Vietnamese dong?
    The U.S. dollar saw a rise of 0.18% against the Vietnamese dong on the black market.

    What was the reaction of the Australian and New Zealand dollars to the news?
    Both the Australian and New Zealand dollars rose 0.2%, to $0.6588 and $0.5775 respectively.

    What measures did the Federal Reserve take on Wednesday?
    The Federal Reserve lowered rates by 25 basis points as expected and announced that it will end its balance sheet drawdown on December 1.

  • TikTok may soon let you dislike comments

    TikTok may soon let you dislike comments

    Today, almost everyone is on TikTok, and — although the short-video platform is extremely addictive and entertaining — as with any social platform, there’s the potential for inappropriate or harmful content as well as comments. To help its users “feel more in control over their interactions”, TikTok is testing a new dislike button for its comment section.

    In a blog post, TikTok said that the new button will allow users to flag comments that they find irrelevant or inappropriate. The dislike reaction will be private, only visible to the person who pressed it. The social platform stated, “This community feedback will add to the range of factors we already use to help keep the comment section consistently relevant and a place for genuine engagement.”

    The dislike reaction to a comment will signal the platform’s algorithms that there may be something wrong or simply irrelevant in said comment. We assume that a certain amount of dislikes would cause a comment to sink further down the list, or flag it for review.

    If you wish to straight-up report a disruptive, spammy, or plain inappropriate comment — you can do so currently by tapping and holding on to the comment and then choosing the “report” option.

    Another feature that TikTok said is in its testing phase is reminders that the social platform sends to creators who receive a “high proportion of negative comments.” The reminders will tell creators about features such as comment filtering, bulk block, and bulk delete, which can be used to battle harmful comments. The social platform also noted that it would decide whether to roll the feature out or not in the coming weeks.