Day: April 17, 2018

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  Italy February total trade balance +€3.1 bn vs -€87 mil prior

  Latest data released by Istat - 17 April 2018 Slight delay in the release by Istat. Not a significant data point as mentioned, since we[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:16

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  IEA's Birol says oil market is now 'much more balanced'

  IEA executive director Fatih Birol on the wires A general take on the oil market situation currently by the IEA head. I do agree with[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:16

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  Germany's Scholz says Europe must avoid escalation in trade dispute with US

  Comments by Germany's finance minister Scholz With all that is going on, let's not forget that we still have trade disputes yet to be resolved.[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:16

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  Sterling and euro continues to fall as the dollar hits the highs for the day

  Dollar index makes a round trip, and is now higher on the day Cable extends its decline on the day, falling to a low of[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:16

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  Fed speakers will be out in force today, here's what is on the agenda

  It's a jam packed week for Fed speakers We will be hearing from at least five speakers today, and here is the list: 1315 GMT[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:16

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  China cuts reserve requirement ratio for some banks by 1%

  Headlines via Bloomberg and Reuters PBOC says that the cut will be effective as of 25 April. It has been the case in the past[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:08

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  ForexLive European FX news wrap: Sterling falls after wages data misses expectations

  Forex news for the European trading session - 17 April 2018 Economic data: Headlines: Others: - JPY leads, NZD lags behind on the day -[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:08

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  UK's Hammond expects record high employment to help boost UK productivity

  UK finance minister Philip Hammond speaks in parliament Although the highlight of the UK labour market report earlier was the poorer than expected wage growth,[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:08

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  Scotiabank says BOE hike is closer to call than market pricing suggests

  Scotiabank's head of European fixed income strategy, Alan Clarke, spoke to Bloomberg earlier Clarke says that a BOE rate hike in May is not a[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:08

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  SocGen says that China's RRR cut is meant to ease deleveraging pain

  Comments by SocGen's chief China economists, Yao Wei Yao says that the move by the PBOC is part of its efforts to mitigate the "pain"[...]
  2018-04-17 23:25:08

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