Month: June 2018

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  Audio recap: Wednesday's sea of red

  Recap of what moved markets Wednesday. Wednesday was a sea of red in markets for everything but the US Dollar, with currencies down across the[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  German interior minister says his party is not seeking to break coalition

  German interior minister Seehofer says his party  - is not seeking to break up coalition government - Or to oust Merkel  Seehofer is Leader of[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  German interior minister says he is very optimistic on solving coalition dispute

  German interior minister Seehofer says he is very optimistic that we can sold the coalition dispute over immigration Earlier from the same chap: Seehofer is Leader[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  Japanese investors show stronger expectations for yen decline

  A snippet from Barclays survey of Japanese bond investors on the currency:
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  North and South Korea to hold talks on connecting cross-border roads today

  I'm posting this more from the geo-political angle than the civil engineering angle, K? :-D Yonhap (South Korean media): Yesterday was this: So, I guess[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  Japan data for retail sales - comes in at a miss

  Japan retail sales data for may has come in at +0.6% y/y - expected 1.6%, prior 1.5% And -1.7% m/m - expected -0.8%, prior -0.4%[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  Australian fin min Cormann says the govt defers plan to lower corporate tax rates

  The upper house in Australia's parliament will not be voting on the business tax cuts until they come back after their winter break  Which effectively[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  What is driving EUR/USD, how its changed & where to now

  ING look at Eurozone / US economic growth differential as a euro driver Most of the dynamics for EUR/USD over the past 12 months can[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  China Comm Min on trade issues - carefully monitoring US policies

  Mmmm yeah, I bet they are! - China's Commerce ministry says will carefully monitor US policies on inbound investments - Says does not support using[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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  Heads up for the EU leaders’ summit beginning today

  On guard from some headlines as the summit kicks off Thursday 28 June 2018, and continues on Friday  Immigration issues will likely dominate today, and[...]
  2018-06-28 07:27:06

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