Month: June 2018

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  EU official says doesn't expect G7 breakthrough on trade issues

  Bloomberg headline I don't think too many people were expecting any kind of breakthrough anyway.
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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  Italy lags at the European equity close

  Closing changes for the main bourses: Italian shares had been higher for most of the day but tumbled after Conte's speech. Italian 10-year yields are[...]
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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  Bipartisan Senate bill coming to force Trump to get approval for tariffs

  Senators from both parties behind it Trump may lose Section 232. Republican Senate foreign relations chair Corker said that Republican and Democratic Senators will introduce a[...]
  2018-06-05 23:25:13

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  Fed's Williams tips nod towards change in FOMC statement

  Comments from SF Fed President Williams to Reuters - Fed should continue with gradual hikes for next two years - Says he expects US rates[...]
  2018-06-05 23:18:54

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.4078

  People's Bank of China reference rate for onshore yuan  In Open Market operations: - PBOC inject 40 bn yuan through 7-day reverse repos - PBOC[...]
  2018-06-05 23:18:54

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  BOJ Gov Kuroda: Fed normalising policy as inflation converging toward its price target

  Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda speaking  
  2018-06-05 23:18:54

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  Fed's Kashkari: Wage growth is slowly rising but he would have expected better

  Comments from Kaskari Says he would have expected better wage growth given the low level of unemployment. This is the typical line from Kashkari.
  2018-06-05 23:18:54

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  AUD/USD extends gains, buyers eye a move towards 0.7700

  AUD/USD touches a session high of 0.7624 The pair looks to have truly found a bottom now, as the data beat earlier in the day[...]
  2018-06-05 21:15:40

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  MUFG says UK PMI beat is not enough for sustained pound gains

  According to MUFG analyst, Lee Hardman That should be the case as also highlighted upon the data release, but it there's always two sides to[...]
  2018-06-05 19:27:05

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  Eurozone April retail sales +0.1% vs +0.5% m/m expected

  Latest data released by Eurostat - 5 June 2018 A little bit of a miss on the monthly estimate, but the yearly estimate is in[...]
  2018-06-05 19:27:05

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