Month: January 2018

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  China's NDRC says GDP expected to grow by 6.5%-6.8% y/y in 2018

  Projection from  China's top economic planner, the  National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2018-01-19 08:47:12

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  US government shutdown voting - Senate expected to vote within hours

  The House of Representatives have voted in favour of a bill to keep funidn the government Details here: US govmt funding vote (to avert a[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:12

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  UK data coming up Friday - December retail sales - previews

  Just a quickie from Barclays on what they are expecting from tonight's data - . Also, preview via Nomura: Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2018-01-19 08:47:12

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  US Senate vote on the stop gap funding bill has been delayed until Friday

  The bill passed the House earlier:   US govmt funding vote (to avert a shut down) passes House But the vote in the Senate has[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:12

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  Oil - sharp fall in price, big volume

  The oil price (spot CL)  has dropped sharply on a spike in volume Wires not carrying any specific news --- ps. I have a somewhat[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:12

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  Reuters poll on expectations for Australian GDP: 2.3% 2017, then 2.8% in '18 & '19

  Analyst polling on their outlook for Australia Economy to grow 2.3 pct in 2017 (unchanged from October's forecast) - 2.8 pct in 2018 and 2019[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:06

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  More on the oil drop earlier - WTI down almost 1% on the day

  WTI is now trading near the $63 handle, while Brent is also down by 1.20% to $68.48 per barrel We got some overnight data from[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:06

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  What happened to the market in the last US government shutdown?

  Fade the fear when it comes to events like this Whenever I see something like this, the first thing that always comes to my mind[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:06

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  Some dollar weakness hitting across the board

  The USD is falling a little bit against the major bloc It's a little bit past mid-day in Asian trading and the dollar is slipping[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:06

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: US government shut down imminent, unless ...

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Asia trading Friday 19 January 2018 Small ranges pretty much across the forex board today with not a lot to[...]
  2018-01-19 08:47:06

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