Month: December 2017

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  More from RBA Governor Lowe on Bitcoin - Cost of transactions high

  Says the costs of BTC transactions are extraordinary Q&A with Lowe now Earlier: More: - Cyber-risks are right at top of strategic risks Copyright 2015[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:15

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  Recap of RBA Lowe comments - "a scathing assessment of Bitcoin"

  Via Bloomberg on Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Low on BTC earlier: - made a scathing assessment of Bitcoin - more likely to appeal[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:15

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  Draghi to speak later, what to expect (hint: not much)

  Draghi speaks at 2 pm ET (1900 GMT) ECB President Mario Draghi speaks at 2 pm New York time but he is extremely unlikely to[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:15

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  Barclays doesn't think the Bank of Canada will hike rates next year

  The market is expecting at least one rate hike Barclays Capital FX Strategy Research discusses USD/CAD outlook into the coming year, and thinks that the BoC[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:15

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  No comments on the monetary policy outlook from Draghi

  Draghi was scheduled to speak in Frankfurt No comments have crossed from Draghi at his planned appearance in Frankfurt. At this point, I think it's[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:15

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  Westpac on the RBA after the jump in consumer sentiment today

  The monthly consumer confidence data is here: Australia - Westpac Consumer Confidence Index (Dec): +3.6% m/m It hit its highest in 4 years today. Quite[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:07

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  Full text of speech by Christopher Kent, RBA Assistant Governor (Financial Markets)

  No headlines crossing wires on this ... nothing on the economy nor monetary policy in the speech Here it is here: The Availability of Business[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:07

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  ICYMI: Outlook for the yuan (CNY and CNH) in 2018

  While we await the yuan reference rate setting from the People's Bank of China I posted this yesterday, just linking to it ICYMI: Copyright 2015[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:07

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  PBOC sets USD/CNY mid-point today at 6.6251 (vs. yesterday at 6.6162)

  The People's Bank of China setting the middle point for USD/CNY trading for the day And ... in OMOs: After accounting for the RRs that[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:07

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  Its FOMC day on Wednesday - here is another preview of what to expect

  Earlier this week I posted the squidster's thoughts: And also Barclays (do they have a funky nick name?): More now, this time via: HSBC: We[...]
  2017-12-13 20:39:07

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