Month: April 2018

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  European stocks finish strong but it was a poor quarter

  Closing changes for the main European bourses: Here were the moves in the first quarter: - German DAX -6.2% - UK FTSE 100 -7.7% -[...]
  2018-04-02 03:25:14

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  US 10-year yields fall to the lowest in seven weeks

  The bond bears have gone silent Bond are in style at quarter end. US 10-year yields are at the lowest since early February. The curve[...]
  2018-04-02 03:25:14

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.2816 (vs. yesterday at 6.3193)

  Big revaluation for the onshore yuan again today, CNY is now at its highest against the USD since August of 2015  People's Bank of China[...]
  2018-04-02 03:17:12

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  ECB's Vasiliauskas sees a deeper discussion in June on policy changes

  ECB governing council and Lithuanian CB head out on the wires 27 March - agrees with market f/c for mid-2019 rate hike Helping to add[...]
  2018-04-02 03:17:12

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  Trump attacks Amazon in his latest tweet, erasing stock pre-market gains

  Amazon flat after being up 1.6% Trump has wanted to pick a fight with Amazon forever and he decided to step it up today in[...]
  2018-04-01 23:25:11

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  March Chicago PMI 57.4 vs 62.0 expected

  March 2018 Chicago PMI survey highlights - Lowest in more than a year - was 62.0 - Employment improved - New orders lower - Prices[...]
  2018-04-01 23:25:11

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  March final U Mich consumer sentiment 101.4 vs 102.0 expected

  The final reading on consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan - was 102.0 - was 99.7 - Highest reading since 2004 - Current conditions[...]
  2018-04-01 23:25:11

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  USD/CAD makes a quick trip lower

  USD/CAD down 40 pips in a quick move I'm looking around for NAFTA headlines or any reason behind it. It could be month-end flows into[...]
  2018-04-01 23:25:11

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  Atlanta Fed GDPNow jumps to 2.4% from 1.8% on Friday

  Rebounds in the latest report. The Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate for first-quarter GDP growth jumped to 2.4% from 1.8% reported last Friday.  In their own[...]
  2018-04-01 23:25:11

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  Fed's Quarles speaking - drops a word on the economy - says its "doing well"

  Randy Quarles is a member and vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors His speech is on  So, he has had[...]
  2018-04-01 23:17:14

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