Month: April 2018

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  Canada March CPI +2.3% vs +2.4% expected

  Canada March consumer price index data - Prior was +2.2% - CPI +0.3% m/m vs +0.4% m/m expected (prior +0.6%) - Core common +1.9% vs[...]
  2018-04-20 19:17:07

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  Canadian dollar falls to the lowest since April 8 on soft retail sales and inflation. What's next

  Canadian dollar slumps The Canadian dollar is lower for the third consecutive day after disappointing data on retail sales and inflation. That has pushed USD/CAD[...]
  2018-04-20 19:17:07

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  EUR/USD falls to the lowest since April 8 as the US dollar climbs

  EUR/USD falls below the April 11 low The euro has stumbled for the second day and is now down 60 pips to a session low[...]
  2018-04-20 19:17:07

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  S&P 500 fills in the March 21 gap as gains accelerate

  S&P 500 up 34 points, or 1.3% Every day that passes adds some time decay to trade war worries and stories. The market is increasingly[...]
  2018-04-20 17:14:16

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  5 US sorghum vessels bound for China hit by tariff impact - 'U-turn"

  Reuters headlines and report: - US sorghum fleet makes u-turn hours after China retaliates against US tariffs  - Five US sorghum vessels out of at[...]
  2018-04-20 15:25:22

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  Morgan Stanley on AUD/USD - maintain strategic short

  MS say they "maintain strategic short in AUDUSD, looking for a meaningful downside correction" This from an overnight note: After a string of positive surprises[...]
  2018-04-20 15:25:22

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  China commerce ministry to extend anti-dumping measures

  China's Commerce Ministry has said it will extend anti-dumping measures on pulp from the US, Canada and Brazil Earlier trade news:
  2018-04-20 15:25:22

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  Japan finance minister Aso says G20 imbalances must not be fixed by FX adjustment

  G20 current account imbalance must be addressed by multilateral, not bilateral framework Aso speaking in Washington  more: Aso met Hammond a good while ago, probably[...]
  2018-04-20 15:25:22

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  Another overnight note on the AUD - "may stay in demand, at least in the short-term"

  Post on an overnight client note from Morgan Stanley is here for earlier: A bit of a different take on the currency, this time from[...]
  2018-04-20 15:25:22

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  Global debt at high levels: $164 trillion to be precise...

  IMF state debt at record levels Article out from Reuters. The International Monetary Fund have released a statement that Global debt has never been higher.[...]
  2018-04-20 15:25:10

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