Month: January 2018

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  UK's Sunday Times says Nigel Farage may launch new Brexit party

  Farage is in talks about returning if Ukip's leader Henry Bolton is forced to resign   - Bolton lost a no-confidence vote by the Ukip's[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  Weekend ratings upgrades - Fitch bumps up Spain and Greece

  Just a quick note on the hard working ladies and gentlemen at ratings agencies Over the weekend (OK, it was late Friday but it was[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.4112 (vs. Friday at 6.4169)

  People's Bank of China onshore yuan reference rate   at its strongest (lowest for USD/CNY since December 8 2015) On Friday CFETS set the CNY[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  US shutdown - Senate to vote on stopgap funding bill noon on Monday (NY time)

  There was a previously scheduled vote due at 1am Monday, but its been put off. - Until midday Monday (Eastern US time) - voting on[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  Spokesman for China's state planner says economy to be steady, good momentum this year

  China's state planner is the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China Previously known as the State Planning Commission and State Development[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: USD a little lower early but recovered

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Asia trading Monday 22 January 2018 Monday: Weekend: ICYMI: There were a few news items over the weekend that helped[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  Equities market not too concerned by US government shutdown

  Asian equities are faring decently despite the news Last Friday, US stocks pretty much for the fact that we were facing an imminent shutdown in[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  Kuroda still favourite for a second term as BOJ governor - Bloomberg survey

  Kuroda's current term is due on 8 April (source: Bloomberg) Bloomberg's latest survey on 15-17 January shows that economists are favouring Kuroda more than ever[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  A preview of what's on the calendar for today's European trading session Howdy, everyone! Hope you all had a good weekend. All ready for the[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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  Jury still out on the day after the dollar recovers from opening losses

  It's a quiet last few hours as we await European markets to open The dollar started the day on the backfoot after the reality of[...]
  2018-01-22 08:47:06

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