Day: November 3, 2017

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  Forex update (at 10.30am Tokyo time) - AUD the biggest loser

  It's a market holiday in Japan today, and that seems to be impacting on activity - there isn't a lot! AUD/USD has slipped on the[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  China - Caixin PMIs (Oct) Services 51.2 (prior 50.6) Composite 51.0 (prior 51.4)

  Private survey PMIs Commenting on the data, Dr. Zhengsheng Zhong, Director of Macroeconomic Analysis at CEBM Group: -- October PMIs from earlier in the week:[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  Australia consumer sector woes - add this to the list of reasons

  The September and Q3 retail sales data is here ... ugly ... Australian retail sales for September: 0.0% m/m (expected +0.4%) In the post I[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  Add this to the FX option expiry list

  I don't know how I missed this one 1.2bn USD in USD/JPY at 114.00, and 1.13bn USD at 114.50 ... expiry at 10am NY time[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  Australia - reweighting of CPI likely to take it lower

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics is to reweight the CPI This has been known for some time, but the Bureau has now said it'll update[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  SG weekly FX outlook - sticking with yen shorts for now

  This via the folks at Société Générale, from their 'Forex Weekly' We are sticking with yen shorts for now. Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  Norway is ready to intervene if needed to avoid a housing crash

  This is via Bloomberg and might be of interest to those looking at Norwegian housing,. Though, if you substitute 'Australia' into this it might make[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  NFP due Friday US time - previews

  Earlier posted previews: This one now via HSBC: Nonfarm payrolls fell 33,000 in September. We expect that nonfarm payrolls rose 300,000 in October. And, Deutsche[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: AUD drops - another retail sales data miss

  Forex news for Asia trading Friday 3 November 2017 The Australian dollar was a big loser today (relatively speaking), dropping after a very poor showing[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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  Chatter about on North Korea preparing additional nuclear and missile tests

  This sort of muttering doesn't really go away, but from time-to-time it intensifies - Citing South Korean intelligence sources - Preparations said to be for[...]
  2017-11-03 08:47:07

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