Month: January 2018

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  What's on the economic calendar this week

  Slow start to the week The stage is definitely set for some US dollar drama this week after a terrible couple days. Technically, cable and[...]
  2018-01-15 20:47:06

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  Bank of Japan JGB purchases today steady

  BOJ buying JGBs in the: - 1-3 years, 250bn yen - 3-5 years, 300 bn yen - 5-10 years, 410bn yen Amounts unchanged from the[...]
  2018-01-15 20:39:12

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  BOJ releases household inflation expectations survey results

  Hold the presses while I find someone who cares ... Anyway This for the Bank of Japan quarterly survey of households - Japanese households see[...]
  2018-01-15 20:39:12

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  FX option expiries for the 10am NY cut - 21 Dec 2017

  What's on the board for today Not many significant ones on the board for today. The large ones are highlighted in bold. EUR/USD has some[...]
  2018-01-15 18:35:12

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  4 reasons to be very wary of the CFTC currency positioning data

  Each week the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issues its 'Commitments of Traders' report - Its published Friday afternoon US time - It covers[...]
  2018-01-15 09:25:09

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  IMF's Lipton: Global economy going from strength to strength

  Deputy managing director Lipton of the International Monetary Fund - Global economy going from strength to strength - Now is the time to address global[...]
  2018-01-15 08:47:11

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  Fitch on Australian banks - profit growth likely to slow in 2018

  Fitch citing global monetary tightening pushes up funding costs, loan-impairment charges rise, and tighter regulation - These to slow profit growth this year for the[...]
  2018-01-15 08:47:11

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  Hello US traders having a holiday (but checking their phones!) - Asia FX & bitcoin update

  You kids, get off your phones! (Eamonn being a grumpy old man) But, if you are ignoring me - here's a USD update from Asia[...]
  2018-01-15 08:47:11

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  North & Sth Korea begin second meeting to discuss PyeongChang Winter Olympics

  A slight thaw in relations between North & South Korea The North to send athletes, officials and a cheer squad to the Games Another meeting[...]
  2018-01-15 08:47:11

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  Weekend China - Regulator to step up oversight in the banking sector this year

  Just doing a catch up on China news over the weekend I posted earlier on the credit growth data - slower: China weekend data -[...]
  2018-01-15 08:47:11

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