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 19:17:07

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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 19:17:07

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  Stocks turn negative. Fall helps to drag the USDJPY lower.

  Nasdaq fail after making new all time highs The Nasdaq - which traded to new all time highs - has reversed and trades in the[...]
  2018-06-05 19:17:07

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  EURUSD ticks higher after ECB said to set June 14 as a "live meeting"

  EURUSD moves to NY session highs The EURUSD stalled the fall at the support level defined by the 38.2% and the swing lows. The price[...]
  2018-06-05 19:17:07

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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.
  2018-06-05 19:17:07

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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 17:15:42

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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 17:15:42

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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 17:15:42

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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 17:15:42

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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 17:15:42

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