Month: April 2018

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  Italy's President has asked Senate speaker if can form Centre-right/5-star govt

  The earlier alert to this news is here:  Heads up for an announcement of Italian government formation (possible today) - Italy's President Matarella has given[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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  ForexLive Europe morning FX news: GBP lower on the session

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Europe morning trading Tuesday 17 April 2018 The wraps are a bit time unconstrained for the next few days -[...]
  2018-04-18 15:17:07

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  China March house price data out: +0.4% m/m (prior +0.2%)

  That headline is the 'all China new home prices' via Reuters calculation  More, these via the stats bureau: March Beijing new home prices -0.6 pct[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:13

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  Forex option expiries for today, Wednesday 18 April 2018

  Nearby large option expiries for tody at the 10am NY cut EUR/USD - 1.2300 EUR 524m - 1.2340 579m - 1.2400 524m USD/JPY - 106.40[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:13

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  USD/JPY (&Nikkei) higher

  Greg was all over the Nikkei:  Japan Nikkei gets an early boost higher off the better US markets USD/JPY up also .... tail / dog[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:13

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  AUD levels for the session

  On the Australian dollar side of the equation we are all awaiting the employment data (lottery) due tomorrow  I'll get some previews posted for this.[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:13

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  South Korean press report "Blue House" considering peace treaty with North

  Yonhap with the report (via Reuters ) saying the South Korean Blue House is considering negotiating a peace treaty with North Korea  Earlier; --- The[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:13

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  ICYMI: CIA Director Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter

  This is not fresh news - out a little while ago but ICYMI -  - CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a top-secret visit to North[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:06

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  CBA says USD/JPY on its way to 104-105. here's whay.

  Elias Haddad, a senior currency strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, from in an interview with Bloomberg Television: Risk of more aggressive easing from the[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:06

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  US President Trump saying now he does not like the TPP deal for the US

  Just coming from US President Trump on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement Last week it was reported Trump wanted back in on the TPP - this[...]
  2018-04-18 11:25:06

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