Month: January 2018

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  Fed's Harker: Sees two rate hikes in 2018

  Feds Harker. Non voting member in 2018. Projection for hikes is less than the Fed consensus of 3 hikes. He adds: Philadelphia Fed president speaking[...]
  2018-01-16 20:39:12

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  EUR/USD new high in Asia. No joke! (But did you hear the one about the ECB minutes?)

  The euro is making further gains against the USD as early Asia gets underway There is no fresh news nor data, what we have here[...]
  2018-01-16 20:39:12

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.4932 (vs. yesterday at 6.5147)

  And let's all join together and wish the People's Bank of China a great weekend! They'll be back on Monday with another rerference rate for[...]
  2018-01-16 20:39:12

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  BOJ's Kuroda: Will maintain QQE with YCC as long as needed

  Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda speaking at a Bank branch managers meeting - these from the text - Japan's economy expanding moderately - Japan's economy[...]
  2018-01-16 20:39:07

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.4574 (vs. Friday at 6.4932)

  And, on Friday the PBOC (CFETS) set the yuan against its basket at 94.75 From its 94.90 the previous Friday HUGE USD/CNY change today from[...]
  2018-01-16 20:39:07

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  PBOC injects funds through 1 year MLF

  People's Bank of China injects 398 bn yuan - Rate unchanged from previous 12 month MLF - Says relatively big drop in banking system total[...]
  2018-01-16 20:39:07

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  Singapore - head of MAS says inflation surprise could force cent banks to react faster

  Monetary Authority of Singapore Mangaing Director Menon - Inflation surprise could force global central banks to react faster than they today expect Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2018-01-16 20:39:07

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  Bank of Canada monetary policy meeting Wednesday - preview

  The BoC meet on 17 January 2018, announcement at 1500 GMT Let's get the preview ball rolling, this via RBC Capital Markets Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2018-01-16 20:39:07

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  FX option expiries for the 10am (New York time) cut on Wednesday 3 January 2018

  These are vanilla options (chocolate ones are too fattening, right?) EUR/USD (amount are in EUR) - 1.1920/25 349m - 1.2000 301m USD/JPY (USD amounts) -[...]
  2018-01-16 18:36:27

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  USDJPY moves to new day lows. Looks toward 111.00 target

  US yields moving lower after another good auction The USDJPY is trading at new day lows and in the process are eyeing the 111.00 next[...]
  2018-01-16 18:23:14

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