Month: April 2018

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  French President puts fighter jets on alert if needed for air strikes on Syria

  French press (Le Figaro) reporting: - President Macron has put fighter jets currently based at the Saint-Dizier - Robinson Air Base on alert - In[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:18

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  Reports of heavy coalition air traffic near the Iraq / Syria border

  Local press in the area carrying the report and its being repeated across media  - Heavy flight of US and coalition aircraft over the border[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:18

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  Ahead of China inflation data today, CASS warns on structural inflation risk

  At 0130 GMT we get the China inflation data for March. I posted earlier: Just noting that reported in the Economic Information Daily (Chinese media,[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:18

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  Japan Core Machinery Orders (February): 2.1% m/m (expected -2.5%)

  Japan - Core Machinery Orders for February were expected to pull back after the big gain in January ... but not so, another gain this[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:18

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  Japan producer inflation (March): PPI 2.1% y/y (expected 2.0%)

  Japanese Producer price inflation (PPI) for MArch, the y/y slightly beating estimates.  2.1 % y/y - expected 2.0%, prior 2.6% -0.1 % m/m - expected[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:18

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  Australia monthly consumer confidence (April) -0.6% m/m (prior +0.2%)

  The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index is above 100, which means optimists outnumber pessimists. but its a close run thing For the month: -0.6% to[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:10

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  NZ monthly inflation indicator: -0.2% m/m

  ANZ in New Zealand prduce a monthly inflation measure. For March:  - -0.2% m/m (down for the second month in a row) - 2.9% y/y[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:10

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  China inflation data for March: CPI 2.1% y/y (expected 2.6%) and PPI 3.1% y/y (exp. 3.3%)

  CPI 2.1% y/y - lot lower than expected - expected 2.6%, prior 2.9%  - China's Stats bureau citing fading Lunar New Year holiday effects the[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:10

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  Moody's on Japan - near-term and long-term credit challenges

  Moody's latest on Japan Moody's report on Japanese population and demographics - summary via Reuters   
  2018-04-11 07:25:10

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  China's NDRC says will support sovereign funds investing in outbound investment funds

  The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (NDRC) is China's state planner Support for offshore investment in this way is[...]
  2018-04-11 07:25:10

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