Month: April 2018

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  US Agr dept - going to try to limit damage to agriculture sector from trade war

  USDA Undersecretary Northey - "US Dept of Agriculture is 'going to find ways to attempt to hold harmless the agriculture sector' from trade conflict with[...]
  2018-04-06 07:25:10

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  US equity futures hold steady after earlier plunge

  S&P 500 futures parring back some of the losses earlier It's still a bad one, as US equity futures are still down by almost 1%[...]
  2018-04-06 07:25:10

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  The BOJ's inflation target remains a distant goal

  Today's wages data highlights how far Japan's central bank is away from its 2% inflation target Eamonn had the data release earlier. After adjusting for[...]
  2018-04-06 07:25:10

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  US official says US is willing to talk with China on trade, but only if they are serious

  US is willing to negotiate with China on trade but only if it's serious because previous attempts have produced little progress Reuters citing : Senior[...]
  2018-04-06 07:25:10

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  Japan data - Household spending big miss on estimates: Down 0.1% y/y (vs. exp +0.4%)

  Just noting this, the much bigger market moving news is: Anyway ...  the data for those tracking: Overall h'hold spending for March -1% y/y, ...biggest[...]
  2018-04-06 07:25:10

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  If everyone could just quieten down a little please, cable is trying to sleep

  OK, GBP/USD gets the "WTF?" award for the day I reckon While we are all going crazy: Trashing AUD, buying yen, trashing stock indices ...[...]
  2018-04-06 07:25:10

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  Heads up - why to expect a delayed response from China on the latest trade war escalation

  US President Trump has proposed an additional (yes, more) $100bn of tariffs on imports from China: So far we have had no response from China.[...]
  2018-04-06 07:25:10

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  The added text in the RBA's April statement doesn't offer much

  The RBA drew attention to money market rates in its latest statement Here is the added text to the statement: Financial conditions generally remain expansionary.[...]
  2018-04-06 07:17:16

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  The GBPUSD continues the chop

  The 1.4011 is support below. The 1.4100 is resistance above. The last 5 trading days has seen the GBPUSD trade in a rough range of[...]
  2018-04-06 05:14:16

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  More from the order boards 3 April

  Here's the latest on other key pairs 3 April 2018 Note: Offers = Sellers at these levels. Bids = Buyers at these levels. Bolded = Larger[...]
  2018-04-06 05:10:18

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