Month: April 2018

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  NZ data - Job advertisements for March: +0.9% m/m (prior was -1.2%)

  ANZ job ads series, for March up 0.9% m/m - February was down 1.2% For the y/y, up 6.1% (3 month MA basis) - prior[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:14

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  On approach to the PBOC onshore yuan reference rate setting, a 3 month outlook for CNY

  Barclays on the People's Bank of China and their setting of the CNY: PBoC tolerance for CNY strength this year and our above-consensus growth outlook[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  New Zealand data - Commodity prices (March): +1.2% m/m (prior +2.8%)

  ANZ index of commodity prices for NZ ... terms of trade improve further - 3rd consecutive month higher for this - For the y/y, up[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  Waiting on the CNY mid rate today? PBOC OMOs? None today, China on holiday

  China and Hong Kong are both on holiday today and tomorrow Back on Monday!  Just FYI .... and stay tuned for the bottom of the[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  Australia - Trade balance for February: AUD +825m (vs. expected surplus of AUD 725m)

  Australian trade balance data beats estimates, coming in at a surplus of 825m AUD - expected +725m AUD - prior +952m AUD, revised from +1055m[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  Stephen Roach says (on the US): "We depend on China to fund our budget deficits"

  Stephen Roach is a former chair of Morgan Stanley Asia (now at Yale), here he is on CNBC on China and USTs - a risk[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  Trade balance fun not over - Canada data due today - preview

  ArticleBody Canadian trade balance data for February is due Thursday 5 April 2018  A couple of previews, and not all the same way ... (bolding[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  Too early for a US NFP preview? Nah ...

  US jobs data is due Friday 6 April 2018 - the March nonfarm payroll report Preview via Barclays: Westpac:
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  "Trump's power struggle with China may end in war"

  Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is back, and big time! Warning of a US / China war More of AEP's opinion piece at the Australian Financial Review, which[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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  South Korea says will intervene in FX if necessary

  South Korea's finance minister: - will stabilize forex markets if needed, regardless of whether Sth Korea decides to disclose intervention details  - watching effects of[...]
  2018-04-05 07:25:07

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