Month: December 2017

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: US politics wobbles the USD

  Forex news for Asia trading Wednesday 13 December 2017 Small moves only for currencies in Asia today. The big US political news was the Democrat[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:11

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  Reuters: Economists raise 2017 Singapore GDP growth forecast

  Reuters citing a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) survey: - GDP growth in 2017 seen at 3.3 pct vs 2.5 pct previously - Median 2018[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:11

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  WSJ survey: Fed to raise rates three times in 2018

  Economists surveyed by the WSJ in December share their views Similar to the Bloomberg survey , economists here expect things to remain relatively similar when[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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  Trump: Republicans will have another shot at Alabama seat in a very short period of time

  From his Tweet below Well, at least he's being a good sport about it - for the time being. Anyway, another reminder that Trump is[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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  Bitcoin frenzy being led by millions of Asian investors

  Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam are the biggest contributors in trading activity According to Coinhills, a data firm which tracks digital currencies, South Korea at[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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  FX option expiries for the NY cut 13 December 2017

  What's on the board currently for the 10am NY cut today It's FOMC day, so there are quite a number of large expiries at play[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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  Reuters poll: Japan's economic expansion will last to 2020 or later

  Poll conducted by Reuters on 36 economists Some general sentiment about the BOJ and their policies. It's interesting that there's still a mixed response as[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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  Most economists give Yellen a high score as Fed Chair

  A survey conducted by the WSJ shows 60% of economists surveyed rated her an A (90-100), 30% rated her a B (80-89), while 8% and[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  What's coming up on the economic calendar front today Good day, everyone! Hope your week is going well. Earlier in the day, we had Democrat[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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  Nikkei 225 closes down -0.47% at 22,758.07

  Tokyo's main index is down on the day - 13 Dec 2017 Again, tech continues to be a drag for the Nikkei as the sector[...]
  2017-12-13 08:47:06

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