Month: January 2018

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  And its another record. All three indices higher on the day

  Dow has 3rd 200 point gain in 2018 (Really!) The Dow is closing up over 200 points today. That is the 3rd time this year[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  Forexlive Americas FX new wrap: Dollar index falls to the 3 year low

  Forex news for NA trading on January 12, 2018.  A snapshot of the other markets at the end of the week is showing: - Spot[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  Gulf oil producers plan to keep Q1 output below earlier levels - report

  Reuters report - Gulf producers plan to keep output in Q1 and 2018 below levels from 2017. They cited an OPEC source. Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  Brexit: EU parliament seeks to soften proposals on forced relocation of clearing houses

  More good news for GBP Lots of softening going on. See also: Spanish and Dutch are said to agree to seek soft Brexit deal -[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  People are not happy about the maintenance outage at the Kraken crypto exchange

  Kraken gave 7 hours notice of shutdown There are worries about something fishy happening at the Kraken Exchange because of a hastily-announced system upgrade that[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  US Nov business inventories +0.4% vs +0.4% expected

  November business inventories - Prior was -0.1% - Sales +1.2% vs +0.8% prior - Inventory to sales ratio 1.33 vs 1.34 prior Solid stuff. After[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  US stock indices higher in early trade.

  Facebook not doing too well, but appeasing criticism is a good thing long term The US major stock indices are trading higher with mixed gains.[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  BOJ seen upgrading growth outlook for 2018: Nikkei reports

  Report from Nikkei. According to Nikkei, the Bank of Japan is seeing upgrading their growth outlook for 2018.  The upgrade reflects rising exports and solid[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  New York Fed's GDP Nowcast projection for 4Q growth lowered to 3.88% vs 3.97% last week

  Sees Q1 2018 at 3.21% vs 3.45% last week The NY Fed is out with their weekly projection for 4Q and 1Q 2018 GDP. Their[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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  ECB Weidmann: Announcing QE end date is justifiable

  speaks in Rottach-Egern He adds: The price of the EURUSD has come down off the highs on the comments. They are seen as more dovish[...]
  2018-01-14 20:47:06

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