Month: June 2018

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  US media reporting on White House staff planning resigning

  CBS citing unnamed sources say Sarah Sanders and Raj Shah are preparing to leave the White House - Sarah Sanders is White House Press Secretary[...]
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  Japan press: PM Abe may go to Pyongyang in August for summit with Kim

  Yomiuri reporting Abe is considering meeting with the North Korean dictator  Reductions in tensions around North Korea is a negative for the yen; if this[...]
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  Australia consumer inflation expectations for June: 4.2% (prior 3.6%)

  Not generally a forex mover Big jump, likely on the back of all them signs with the big hike in petrol prices! Due from Australia[...]
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  CNN reports US is expected to formally suspend August military drills with South Korea

  Big win for North Korea  
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  Australia - Jobs report for May, Employment Change: +12.0K (expected 19.0K)

  Australian labour market report is a bit of a mixed bag Employment Change: +12.0K  - expected 19.0K, prior 22.6K Unemployment Rate: 5.4%  - expected 5.5%,[...]
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  China May: Industrial prod: 6.8% y/y (exp 7%), retail sales 8.5% y/y (exp 9.6%) + more

  Activity data from China for the month of May: Industrial Production 6.8% y/y … miss - expected 7.0%, prior was 7.0% Industrial production YTD 6.9%[...]
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  "Elon Musk buys 72,500 of Tesla shares" - here's an explanation that might surprise

  There's an interesting theory being posted to twitter from Josh Wolfe about Elon Musks's purchase of TSLA shares (Reuters reported the buys: Tesla Inc Chief[...]
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  US Pompeo: Deal with North Korea made clear there would be complete denuclearisation

  US Secretary of State Pompeo speaks in Seoul  via Bloomberg Also with comments from Japanese Foreign Minister Kono also in Seoul   Pompeo with the same[...]
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  Heads up preview for US retail sales data due Thursday

  Due at 1230GMT on Thursday 14 June 2018  Via Nomura, what to watch for (bolding mine):
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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  Australia jobs report - responses coming in

  The Australian employment report data and my take is here: This now via Westpac, in brief:
  2018-06-14 07:29:26

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