Month: April 2018

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  Russia will close the US consulate in St Petersburg

  The tit-for-tat continues This week the US announced it was closing the Russian consulate in Seattle.
  2018-04-02 07:25:14

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  US stock markets continue to levitate on Amazon headlines. USD/JPY shrugs

  Not much reaction from the FX market There is a low-volume rally underway in stocks. It's the final trading day of the month and the[...]
  2018-04-02 07:25:14

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  Trump says he may 'hold up' South Korea trade deal until after talks with North Korea

  He knows they're different countries, right? Trump hailed the Pres hails new trade deal with South Korea, but said "I may hold it up" until[...]
  2018-04-02 07:25:14

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  Bitcoin's little cousin extends 2018 slide

  Recap of Thursday's trade The major currencies were trading within a half percent of daily opening levels into the European close, though the US Dollar[...]
  2018-04-02 07:25:14

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  ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Cable closes in on 1.40

  Forex headlines for North American trading on March 29, 2018: Markets: - Gold flat at $1324 - S&P 500 up 36 points to 2640 -[...]
  2018-04-02 07:25:08

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  Japan inflation data (for Tokyo, Mar. CPI): Headline 1.0% y/y (expected 1.3%)

  Last week we got the 'national' CPI data for Japan in February: Today we get the 'Tokyo' inflation data, but for March. Tokyo CPI data[...]
  2018-04-02 07:25:08

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  More Japan data – jobs report for February: Unemployment 2.5% (expected 2.6%)

  February employment data from Japan    Job-To-Applicant Ratio 1.58  Jobless Rate 2.5% The background to this data is jobs growth in Japan - employment indicators[...]
  2018-04-02 07:25:08

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  S&P 500 is winning the battle today but limps along in the war

  Nice gain in stock markets The S&P 500 is up 25 points to 2629 in a solid rebound after two days of heavy selling. The[...]
  2018-04-02 03:25:14

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  Sarkozy ordered to stand trial on corruption charges

  Hopes for a comeback aren't looking good AP reports that Sarkozy has been ordered to stand trial for corruption and influence peddling. He's under a[...]
  2018-04-02 03:25:14

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  Dallas Fed trimmed mean annualized inflation +1.7% in Feb vs +2.8% in Jan

  Inflation falls in Dallas Fed measure Annualized trimmed mean inflation was 1.7% in February, down from 2.8% in January, according to the Dallas Fed. This[...]
  2018-04-02 03:25:14

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