Month: April 2018

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  China (official) press - US suffering an anxiety disorder with protectionist trade threats

  An editorial piece in the People's Daily (official newspaper of China's Communist Party) - The United States suffers from an "anxiety disorder" ... which stemmed from the[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  CASS researcher says unlikely that China will dump US treasuries

  Quite unlikely that China will dump U.S. treasuries despite rising trade tensions Zhang Yuyan, a senior researcher at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences speaking at[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  It's never a good sign when media reports start picking up on it

  The recent downturn in Eurozone economic data is starting to be picked up by the widespread media Eamonn had the news earlier where the UK[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  ForexLive Asia FX news: Plenty of geopol to drive FX ... but doesn’t

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Asia trading Monday 9 April  2018 North Korea denuke, Syria strikes, China trade ... yep plenty of news about on[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  Are US soybeans on sale? European buyers seem to think so

  The USDA reported that 458,000 tonnes of US soybeans were sold to undisclosed destinations A temporary (?) kink in the trade alignment as Chinese producers[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  Leveraged funds were net buyers of USD for the second consecutive week

  ANZ on the CFTC data (ANZ look at "") combined futures and options position of Leveraged Funds as a proxy for leveraged positioning In brief:[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  PBOC adviser says that US seeks to contain China's rise via trade war

  More comments by PBOC adviser Fan Gang at the Boao Forum in China Yada, yada. The same comments from China on the trade front but[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  BofAML says China may target services from US as retaliation

  A note from strategists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch The note says that China may add services such as education, travel, intellectual property charges[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  AUD getting positive local press: "record haul from energy and minerals" exports this year

  In the today a story on  major boost to the government's budget from a  Australian Financial Review dramatic upswing in resources and energy sales
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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  Australia data - construction PMI for March higher to 57.2 (56.0 was the Feb result)

  Australian Industry Group Performance of Construction Index (PCI) for March comes in at its 14th consecutive month of expansion, a  jump to 57.2 - prior[...]
  2018-04-09 07:25:11

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