Month: April 2018

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  EU’s Tusk repeats threat that EU could retaliate against US tariff moves

  Says EU economy is back to pre-crisis growth levels Says there is positive momentum in Brexit talks  EU President Tusk Other comments also - re[...]
  2018-04-18 15:25:07

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  Heads up for an announcement of Italian government formation (possible today)

  News crossing that the Italian President has asked Senate President Casellati to visit at 9am (GMT) - to ask her to form from government I[...]
  2018-04-18 15:25:07

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  Austrian inflation for March much higher than for February

  Just noting this. I must say I got excited, I saw 'Australia' where it actually said Austria Ah well .... Austrian March Consumer prices +0.6%[...]
  2018-04-18 15:25:07

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  Barclays: "Expectations for JPY depreciation strengthen again"

  Barclays basing that headline on their most recent "Japan Bond Investor Survey"Commentary from the piece: Comments from the piece: Investors see politics as the biggest[...]
  2018-04-18 15:25:07

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  EUR chipping away at the bids .... slippy slidey

  I hope the heads up on the early muttering were of assistance in adding a few pips to the account: Yikes .... maybe even the[...]
  2018-04-18 15:25:07

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  Russian embassy in Washington notified of no sanctions coming

  Bloomberg report RIA news citing an unnamed source The ruble had lost ground in early Europe trade, surged back though on this: -- RIA = Russian[...]
  2018-04-18 15:25:07

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  Japanese fin min Aso will not attend G20 - parliament says no

  The political shenanigans continue in japan - the Diet has withheld withheld its approval for finance minister Aso to attend the G20 meeting I didn't[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:16

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  US fixed interest yields note for early Europe trade

  Movements on US yields attracting some interest; - 2 year UST yields has hit a decade high (circa 2.407%) .... spread between US and German[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:16

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  EU’s Tusk repeats threat that EU could retaliate against US tariff moves

  Says EU economy is back to pre-crisis growth levels Says there is positive momentum in Brexit talks  EU President Tusk Other comments also - re[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:16

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  Heads up for an announcement of Italian government formation (possible today)

  News crossing that the Italian President has asked Senate President Casellati to visit at 9am (GMT) - to ask her to form from government I[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:16

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