Month: April 2018

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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 15:17:16

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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 15:17:07

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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 15:17:07

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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 15:17:07

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  UK data: March CPI 0.1% m/m (expected 0.3%)

  For the GBP traders - inflation data from the UK for March 0.1 % m/m, down much harder than was expected - expected 0.3%, prior[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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  More on the 'no new sanctions on Russia' story

  Earlier Russian embassy in Washington notified of no sanctions coming Seemed legit but it was difficult to confirm ..... but more coming in now: Its[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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  GBP slipping further after the inflation report misses estimates

  GBP/USD is under 1.42 Inflation report is here: UK data: March CPI 0.1% m/m (expected 0.3%) As you can see the m/m came in well[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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  Eurozone March inflation (final) 1.3% y/y (prelim was 1.4%)

  OK, so the 'lower CPI' fun don't be done  ... EUR/USD marked down on this  Eurozone inflation, March final: 1.3% y/y vs. the preliminary at[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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  Iran says it is switching from USD to the Euro for its foreign transactions

  Reuters citing Iran's Press TV for the news  Should use the AUD, ya ****ers Anyway .... EUR/USD has popped a few points, recovered its Eurozone[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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  Analyst responses to the UK inflation data coming in: "undermining" May hike case

  The data is here from earlier: - GBP didn't wait for no analysts:  The Financial Times has rounded up a few responses, I picked out[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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