Month: June 2018

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  Japan's annual strategy review says necessary to go ahead with 2019 sales tax hike

  Headlines via Reuters Looks like there may not be a delay to the nationwide sales tax hike next year. It is a contentious topic among[...]
  2018-06-05 19:27:05

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  HSBC says BOE is in no hurry to raise rates this year (and next)

  HSBC's global chief economist, Janet Henry, spoke to Bloomberg TV earlier Given the way the BOE toned down their rhetoric since April, it seems very[...]
  2018-06-05 19:27:05

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  US said to have asked OPEC for a 1 mil bpd oil output hike - Bloomberg

  Headlines via Bloomberg Oil is marked lower on the headline, and USD/CAD has risen to a session high of 1.2951 now. I'm not too sure[...]
  2018-06-05 19:27:05

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  S&P says that Spain's new government formation has no immediate impact on ratings

  Comments by S&P Global Ratings Despite both Spain and Italy being involved in their own respective political drama, this shows that the situation is very[...]
  2018-06-05 19:25:07

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  Oil continues to slip after report of US requesting production output hike by OPEC

  Brent is now down by more than 1% to $74.16 while WTI is down 0.29% to $64.57 The news broke out earlier by Bloomberg -[...]
  2018-06-05 19:25:07

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  Italy's Conte says he is proud of "radical change" that his government will bring

  Comments by new Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte Conte and his government is set to face a confidence vote later at 1700 GMT, and is[...]
  2018-06-05 19:25:07

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  More from Conte: Fiscal policy must be aimed at ensuring stable, sustainable growth

  Further comments by Italian prime minister Conte in parliament He hasn't really gone into details yet, and isn't likely to given that he's speaking ahead[...]
  2018-06-05 19:25:07

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  ForexLive European FX news wrap: UK PMI beat gives sterling a boost; RBA holds cash rate steady

  Forex news from the European trading session - 5 June 2018 Headlines: Markets: - GBP leads, AUD lags on the day - European equities mostly[...]
  2018-06-05 19:25:07

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  Mexico confirms retaliatory tariffs against US

  Details released by Mexico's economy ministry The tariffs reported above were rumoured earlier in the Asian session . So, this is basically just a confirmation[...]
  2018-06-05 19:25:07

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  Kudlow says that Trump is seriously considering splitting NAFTA talks

  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on the wires CAD falls and then jumps back on the headlines as USD/CAD hits 1.3000 before settling at[...]
  2018-06-05 19:25:07

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