Day: April 12, 2018

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  Trump told lawmakers yesterday that NAFTA deal was close

  Cornyn comment A bit of selling in USD/CAD on the comment from Senator John Cornyn. He said 'we heard encouraging words on that', regarding NAFTA.
  2018-04-12 23:25:08

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  Better risk sentiment and option expiries in play

  We're seeing some USDJPY demand and EURUSD supply prevail again 12 April It would be rude of me to leave without mentioning the clock ticking[...]
  2018-04-12 23:25:08

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  Gold is a bet on bombs in Syria at the moment

  The January highs held yesterday Gold is down $15 today as it erases yesterday's gain. Some of the story is the US dollar, it grabbed[...]
  2018-04-12 23:25:08

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  Bolton continues to clean house at the National Security Council

  Bolton wants his own team Deputy national security adviser Ricky Waddell became the fourth member of John Bolton's team to resign since the start of[...]
  2018-04-12 23:25:08

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  Trump says no timeline for NAFTA talks but they're coming along great

  Comments from Trump - Trump says "getting pretty close" to a deal on NAFTA but could be weeks or months - Xi's speech indicated China[...]
  2018-04-12 23:25:08

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  Pompeo says he 'wants to fix' Iran nuclear deal

  Mike Pompeo in his confirmation hearing I'm not sure you can take anything at face value in a confirmation hearing but at least he's not[...]
  2018-04-12 23:25:08

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  Trump says will have a meeting on Syria today. Mattis says nothing decided yet

  Decisions to come on Syria At this point I don't think anyone knows. I about the possibility that Trump was bluffing and now that seems[...]
  2018-04-12 23:25:08

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  RBA's Lowe: Board does not see strong case for near-term move in rates

  Comments by RBA governor Philip Lowe The majority of his speech is mainly a reiteration of the RBA statement. Nothing new that we didn't already[...]
  2018-04-12 23:17:14

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  RBA's Lowe: Cutting rates not as stimulatory as in the past

  RBA governor Philip Lowe moving to the Q&A session now in his appearance in Perth Nothing else yet from Lowe but his headline comment suggests[...]
  2018-04-12 23:17:14

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  PBOC Governor Yi Gang says PBOC will continue with prudent monetary policy

  Governor Yi Gang speaking at the Boao Forum in China More: More: - China to remove foreign ownership caps on banks - China's financial sector[...]
  2018-04-12 23:17:14

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