Day: June 29, 2018

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  Responses to RBNZ - banks shifting expectations of the next interest rate move … later

  ASB have shifted the date they expect the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to hike its cash rate - The bank forecast the RBNZ to[...]
  2018-06-29 10:10:44

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  The 3 reasons the RBNZ statement was bearish for the NZD

  The Reserve Bank of New Zealand June 2018 monetary policy announcement and one-page statement was earlier  Earlier responses are here: This now via CBA:
  2018-06-29 10:10:44

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  Heads up for Japanese date due at the bottom of the hour - CPI / inflation

  Data due from Japan at 2330GMT, which is earlier than when ew usually get Japanese data … so a heads up ---  Also … May[...]
  2018-06-29 07:29:02

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  Japan employment report: May unemployment rate 2.2% (vs. 2.5% expected)

  Labour market data from Japan for May Jobless Rate 2.2%, the lowest in more than 25 years - expected 2.5%, prior was 2.5% Job-To-Applicant Ratio[...]
  2018-06-29 07:29:02

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  Japan data - Tokyo CPI for June, headline is 0.6% y/y (vs. expected 0.4%)

  Inflation for Tokyo is available 3 weeks ahead of the national data for the same period, and is looked to as a guide for the[...]
  2018-06-29 07:29:02

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  Japan Industrial Production for May (preliminary): -0.2 % m/m (expected -1.0%)

  Earlier we got data on the job market (May) and on inflation (Tokyo, June) Now Industrial Production data for May (preliminary):     -0.2% m/m[...]
  2018-06-29 07:29:02

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  Bitcoin - the beatings will continue until morale improves

  BTC lost further ground in late US time Back towards weekend lows: But why? you ask … Well, if I hear one more person tell[...]
  2018-06-29 07:29:02

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  What to expect next from the big 4 central banks: Fed, ECB, BOJ, BoE

  This is an nice piece of summary work from Deustche Bank, from the economic background through to policy direction: Filing this away for reference!
  2018-06-29 07:27:06

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  FX option expiries for Friday 29 June 2018 at the 10am NY cut

  Forex options expiries today, these the close by and of size EUR/USD - 1.1450 1.0bn - 1.1500 3.0bn - 1.1550 893m - 1.1600 2.0bn -[...]
  2018-06-29 07:27:06

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  Rumours of an immigration deal at the EU summit dinner

  I noted objections from Italy earlier as a factor for the EUR The dinner has been over for 5 hours so I guess we'll get[...]
  2018-06-29 07:27:06

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