Month: April 2018

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  Iran earthquake, Magnitude 5.9

  Southern Busherhr province  No report yet of injuries Via USGS: - 101km SE of Bandar Bushehr, Iran - Depth 10.0 km Oil prices are a[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  Commodities moves from, and in, China today

  Some movement today in China - China imposed temporary anti-dumping measures on halogenated butyl rubber imported from the US On markets there: - Rally in[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  German economic growth forecasts being raised, but there are buts ...

  Leading economic institutes raise German GDP growth forecast to 2.2 pct this year, 2.0 pct in 2019 via Reuters    Highlighting the danger og trade[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  Just over Halfway through April: Sterling's strong seasonal month

  Buying the GBP/USD in the month of April has historically been a wise move. Strong seasonal factors are in play which have meant that the[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  More from China forex regulator - to continue yuan FX reform

  More remarks out of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) - FX policies will support further opening up of China's economy - Will continue to[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  Australian jobs report - responses coming in

  The March employment report post is here: And, more: Westpac are out with a rapid response, this some of the commentary and implications (bolding mine):
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  RBNZ's own inflation measure out now: 1.5% y/y (previous was 1.5%)

  Earlier today we got the New Zealand inflation data from the stats agency: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand  'Sectoral factor model' of inflation has[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  Japan's Nishimura says no Trump - Abe discussion on FX rates at all

  Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura commenting on the talks in Florida Always gotta take this sort of remarks with a grain of salt[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  More from Japan's Nishimura: We strongly emphasised we weren't thinking of FTA

  Nishimura is commenting on talks between Trump and Abe in Florida :  Earlier on he mentioned there was no discussion about exchange rates and he[...]
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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  Moody’s on Russia: Sovereign resilient to new US sanctions

  Headlines are via Reuters: Moody's being cautious here , but probably going to be an unnecessary warning - here is what Greg posted on Monday...
  2018-04-19 11:25:07

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