Month: January 2018

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  Australia building approvals responses coming in - fears ... misplaced

  I posted earlier on the building approvals data from Australia, data and responses: In brief remarks now via ANZ: - Leading indicators (eg. finance for the[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:10

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: Yen, AUD both movers

  Forex news for Asia trading Tuesday 9 January 2018 The Bank of Japan scaled back its purchases of long-dated JGBs at their scheduled buying operation[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:10

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  Japan December consumer confidence index 44.7 vs 45.0 expected

  Latest data from the Japanese Cabinet Office - 9 January 2018 A slight dip in the reading, as compared to prior month - but nothing[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:10

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  What's coming up on the calendar front for today Howdy, everyone! How're you all doing today? Hope everyone is having a good day. So far[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:10

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  The spike in JPY today only a taste of what is to come when the BOJ removes stimulus

  USD/JPY fell by up to 0.5% after the BOJ announced "tapering" to its JGB purchases earlier today The BOJ announced that they would trim purchases[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:05

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  Nikkei 225 closes up by 0.57% at 23,849.99

  Tokyo's main index closes higher on the day - 9 January 2018 Japanese markets were closed yesterday, and the Nikkei opened today with a gap[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:05

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  Quick snapshot of the major currencies bloc: JPY leads the way, CHF lags behind

  The Japanese yen takes charge after the BOJ trims bond purchases Most major currencies are almost unchanged on the day against the USD, as a[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:05

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  SNB projects CHF 54bn in profit for FY 2017

  The Swiss National Bank releases its preliminary FY 2017 performance results The full statement can be found . here Nothing substantial to impact markets, just[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:05

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  North Korea to send high-level delegation to Winter Olympics

  While expressing that they wish to resolve issues with South Korea through dialogue and negotiations No "fire and fury" here. Just talks. Anyway, are saying[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:05

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  Switzerland Dec unemployment rate 3.0% vs 3.0% expected

  Seasonally adjusted numbers released by SECO - 9 January 2018 As the prior reading got revised to 3.1%, this means that December's reading is the[...]
  2018-01-09 08:47:05

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