Day: June 5, 2018

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  US dollar catches a bid early in New York trade

  Sound familiar? The US dollar is at the best levels of the day across most of the foreign exchange market as a bid emerges in[...]
  2018-06-05 23:27:12

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  Canada Q1 labor productivity -0.3% vs +0.2% prior

  Canadian first quarter productivity Business output decelerated and hours worked accelerated.
  2018-06-05 23:27:12

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  Euro and Italian markets wilt after Conte speech

  Conte makes his first speech as Prime Minister In general, markets make too much of election victories and not enough of first speeches. All kinds[...]
  2018-06-05 23:27:12

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  The US has asked some OPEC producers to raise output - report

  That doesn't sound good for oil prices Reuters reports that the US has asked some OPEC producers to oil output. They haven't requested a specific[...]
  2018-06-05 23:27:12

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  Bridgewater gets bearish

  All $160 billion of the huge hedge fund is net short equities has some interesting comments from Bridgewater warning about higher rates leading to trouble[...]
  2018-06-05 23:27:12

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  Canada gov't official. NAFTA is a trilateral agreement. Will continue to negotiate.

  Trump might not think that... A Canadian government official is on the wires saying: - NAFTA is a trilateral agreement and that Canada will continue[...]
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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  US Mendelkar: US will apply unprecedented financial pressure on Iran.

  The screws are to be tightened apparently US Sigal Mendelkar, the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - is on the[...]
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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  UK Labour Party to announce shift toward soft Brexit

  Report from the UK Times The UK Times political correspondent Henry Zeffman says in a tweet that: - Labours Corbyn will table internal market amendment[...]
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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  Audio recap: A lot more going on beneath the surface on Tuesday

  A recap of Tuesday's trade It didn't feel like there was a lot going on in the market on Tuesday, but as the dust settled,[...]
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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  Cable climbs above 1.34 to 10-day high

  Highest since May 24 Cable is at the best levels of the day as it breaks above a minor double-top just below 1.3400. Cable is[...]
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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