Month: June 2018

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  US official now - Austria willing to host Trump - Putin meeting

  Earlier:  Russia's Putin has asked Austria's chancellor to set up summit with Trump in Vienna I'm yet to see a date but it looks like[...]
  2018-06-08 07:28:55

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  Expectations for Q1 NZ economic growth are low

  New Zealand GDP data is due on June 21, so a little while to go. WPAC: - Looking for the New Zealand economy to have[...]
  2018-06-08 07:28:55

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  EM: Argentina reaches agreement with IMF - agreement good for next 3 years

  Standby agreement with IMF reached, for next 36 months - IMF says preliminary financing deal is $50bn - Covers deficit targets  - CPI targets -[...]
  2018-06-08 07:28:55

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  Here is what time the China trade balance data is due today (and a preview)

  The May trade balance data for China is due today, Friday 08 June 2018  Bad news first - there is no scheduled time for this.[...]
  2018-06-08 07:28:55

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  US Comm Sec Ross says Canada and France at fault for US tariffs taking effect

  United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on the offensive ahead of the G7 too Headline via Bloomberg. Dunno what Ross is on about. Maybe[...]
  2018-06-08 07:27:10

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  More Trump tweets ahead of G7 … "Prime Minister Trudeau is being so indignant"

  Best.  G7.  Ever. Earlier:
  2018-06-08 07:27:10

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  Japan BoP Current Account Balance for April ¥ 1845.1B(expected ¥ 2076.5B)

  BoP Current Account Balance for April 1845.1 bn yen BoP Current Account Adjusted 1885.5bn yen Trade Balance BoP Basis 573.8bn yen  Most attention on the[...]
  2018-06-08 07:27:10

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  Japan final Q1 GDP -0.2% q/q (prelim was -0.2%, prior was +0.1%)

  Japanese economic growth data for the January to March quarter of 2018 GDP (seasonally adjusted) for Q1, -0.2%     GDP Annualized (seasonally adjusted) for[...]
  2018-06-08 07:27:10

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  UK starting salaries rise at fastest pace in three years

  Brexit is not bad news for everyone! Reuters  on a survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)  - to 63.4 from 60.5 in April[...]
  2018-06-08 07:27:10

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  Survey of economists: BoE hike August, recession chance 20%, Brexit deal likely

  Summary of Reuters  latest poll of economists regarding UK views: - Bank of England to raise bank rate by 25 basis points to 0.75 pct[...]
  2018-06-08 07:27:10

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