Month: January 2018

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  Reuters poll - analysts expect China's yuan to drop against USD this year

  Reuters survey on a poll of over 60 foreign exchange strategists, expectations for Asian currencies in 2018 More detail via Reuters: Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2018-01-05 08:47:12

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  3 pieces of poor UK data were out overnight, so of course GBP is going up

  I posted earlier on the data items from the UK, none of which are usual market movers And all of which were not pretty ....[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:12

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  Canada December employment report due Friday - preview

  The Bloomberg survey has the December net change for employment at +2K - the November (i.e. prior was a huge upside surprise at +79.5K) Unemployment -[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:12

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  Japan economy minister Motegi - economy doing very well

  The Japanese economy minister Motegi says Japan's economy is doing very well but risks still need monitoring - Focus on signing TPP 11 agreement - Strongly believes[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Japan December vehicle sales y/y -1.0% vs -5.4% prior

  Latest data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association - 5 January 2018 Prior reading . here The data measures domestic sales of cars, trucks[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: AUD dips on a surprise trade deficit

  Forex news for Asia trading Friday 5 January 2018 The Australian trade report for November data is here: A dreadful miss on expectations and the[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Japan PM Abe: Asking for 3% wage rises to put economy in a virtuous cycle

  Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe speaking in Tokyo It's been a continuous debate between Japanese officials and companies. Officials have always argued the point that[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  What's coming up on the calendar front Howdy, everyone! It's NFP Friday this week - so expect things to be a little quiet ahead of[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  USD/JPY up to session highs, closes in on 113.00

  USD/JPY rises for a third straight day, now at 112.98 The upside move was previously capped by the 200-hour MA (blue line) and the 61.8[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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  Quick snapshot of the major currencies bloc: GBP leads on the day, JPY lags behind

  Dollar is mixed against the major pairs, while the Chinese yuan is higher after a stronger PBOC fixing The British pound continues to find a[...]
  2018-01-05 08:47:06

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