Month: December 2017

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  PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate for today at 6.6098 (vs. yesterday at 6.6162)

  Tuesday's mid point for USD/CNY tarde People's Bank of China:Net injection is 20bn yuan (confused? .... the net is after accounting for maturing RRs, which[...]
  2017-12-20 20:39:17

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  Forex technical analysis: GBPUSD falls to new lows into the end of week fixing

  The trend down continues but momentum fading Earlier I spoke about the 1.3322 level. That was a trend line on the hourly chart ().  That[...]
  2017-12-20 18:24:11

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  North Korea begins tests to load Anthrax onto ICBMs, report says

  Thanks goodness its nearly Christmas and we start to get some good news stories But, this isn't one of them :-D Its via Bloomberg, citing[...]
  2017-12-20 08:47:23

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  Former PBOC adviser says China's economy is in gradual slowdown

  Li Yang is Li Yang, director of the National Institution for Finance and Development, or NIFD, under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences He was[...]
  2017-12-20 08:47:23

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  Reuters survey: Asia firms' sentiment rises to highest in almost 7 years

  The Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian Business Sentiment Index for Q4 of 2017 To 78 in Q4 from 69 in Q3 Firms say the chief risk to their six-month[...]
  2017-12-20 08:47:23

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  Goldman Sachs: Oil inventory overhang decline may prompt OPEC cut exit sooner

  GS oil analysts are bullish on oil in 2018 Citing strong demand growth, oil market rebalancing continuing ... GS expect OPEC to exit from production[...]
  2017-12-20 08:47:23

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  Bitcoin news - Coinbase says buys and sells will be available tomorrow

  Here is the full BTC Cash news from the exchange: Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2017-12-20 08:47:23

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  Japan - All Industry Activity Index for October: +0.3% m/m (vs. expected +0.3%)

  This is an indicator to GDP, the All Industry Activity Index for October +0.3% m/m - expected +0.3% m/m, prior -0.5% Pretty much zero yen[...]
  2017-12-20 08:47:18

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: Quiet Asia FX, but bitcoin was wild

  Forex news for Asia trading Wednesday 20 December 2017 Bitcoin slid in price in the late NY afternoon time and kicked on lower again as[...]
  2017-12-20 08:47:18

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  Greece - M4.9 earthquake hits off Crete

  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands; the USGS reporting a magnitude 4.9 earthquake - Depth 20km - 64km SSW of[...]
  2017-12-20 08:47:18

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