Month: April 2018

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  People’s Bank of China sets yuan reference rate at 6.2817 (vs. yesterday at 6.2771)

  PBOC to inject CNY 150bn via 7-day reverse repo - No RRs maturing today, thus net injection of 150bn yuan Looks like I missed all[...]
  2018-04-19 11:17:13

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  Fed's Bostic: Businesses are confused by the direction of US trade policy

  Fed's Bostic talks in Atlanta - Hearing about labor shortages "everywhere I go" - Goal for Fed policy should be to get more neutral stance[...]
  2018-04-19 11:17:13

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  US stocks end mixed. Dow hurt by IBM today.

  Quiet day The US major stock indices are ending the day mixed: IBM hurt the Dow.  It fell -7.61% on disappointing earnings and profit margins.[...]
  2018-04-19 07:25:14

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  Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Dovish Bank of Canada sends the loonie lower

  Forex trading news for NY trading on April 18, 2018 The snapshot of the other markets shows: - Spot gold is up $1.82 or 0.13%[...]
  2018-04-19 07:25:14

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  All the previews of preview of New Zealand Q1 inflation data in one place

  NZ CPI for the January to March quarter is due at 2245GMT. What to expect? Earlier posts: A couple more now, these via....  TD: ANZ have[...]
  2018-04-19 07:25:14

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  Crude oil futures settle at $68.47

  Closes up $1.95 or 2.93% on the day The price of crude oil moved higher today and is closing at $68.47. The close is the[...]
  2018-04-19 07:25:14

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  Pres. Trump: Will shrink US trade deficit with Japan

  Makes comments at a working lunch with PM Abe and other officials The Pres. says:
  2018-04-19 07:25:14

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  Kiwibank: N.Z. CPI underscores no RBNZ tightening in 12 months

  Inflation below bottom of RBNZ target band Kiwibank's chief economist Jarrod Kerr has weighed in with his thoughts after the NZ CPI data today:
  2018-04-19 07:25:07

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  Australia March Employment change: +4.9K (vs. expected +20K)

  Australian jobs report for March 2018, the headlines numbers ar employment change and the unemployment rate Full Time Employment Change, -19.9K Part Time Employment Change,[...]
  2018-04-19 07:25:07

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  Australian employment report due today - all the previews in one place

  Jobs - Labour market report from Australia due at 0130 GMT on Thursday 18 April 2018  I posted a preview up earlier:  Just a couple[...]
  2018-04-19 07:25:07

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