Month: April 2018

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  ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Canadian dollar cut down by data

  Forex news for North American trade on April 20, 2018: Fedspeak: Markets: - Gold down $9 to $1336 - WTI crude flat at $68.26 -[...]
  2018-04-22 06:41:07

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  Fed's Evans says some cyclical upturn in inflation would be welcome

  Evans in Chicago Similar comments from a speech Evans made on Tuesday, where he said he sees no risk of breakaway inflation. He will answer[...]
  2018-04-22 03:25:14

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  Eurozone April advance consumer confidence +0.40 vs -0.10 expected

  Eurozone April consumer confidence data - Prior was -0.10 There was a skew in the polls with Reuters at -0.20 and Bloomberg at -0.10. This[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:14

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  ECB's Weidmann: We have had indications recently that Q1 in Germany was 'not so brilliant'

  Upbeat comments from Weidmann on Germany - Don't see any reason to assume we're at an economic turning point, we're still experiencing economic boom -[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:14

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  Congress could be the big problem for a NAFTA deal

  A new deal would need to be ratified The White House may be forced into a game of brinkmanship to get a new NAFTA deal[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:14

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  USD/JPY tests the mid-February high and then backs off

  USD/JPY shrugs off stock market weakness It's a push-and-pull with USD/JPY on most days. Today it's weakness in the stock market trying to push it[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:07

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  Baker Hughes weekly oil rig count 820 vs 815 prior

  Weekly oil and gas drilling rig data from Baker Hughes - Prior was 815 - Natural gas rigs flat at 192 There was a survey[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:07

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  NAFTA: Canada's Freeland says negotiators will stay in Washington for weekend

  Says ministers will reconvene next week Sounds like everyone is trying to get down to business. Freeland said they are making 'good progress'. A separate[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:07

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  European stock markets score another weekly gain

  It's been a strong month so far European equity markets have dwarfed US markets this week. The S&P 500 is slumping today and the weekly[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:07

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  King Dollar is back: USD led the way this week

  It's been awhile since I've written that It has been a struggle for the US dollar for many weeks despite a solid economy and Fed[...]
  2018-04-22 03:17:07

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