Month: June 2018

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  Data for Australian Q1 GDP is looking good; forecasts upgraded … But there's a but ...

  Analysts are upgrading their forecasts for the January - March GDP  data from Australia on Wednesday 6 June 2018   - (due at 0130GMT) Last[...]
  2018-06-05 11:25:06

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  Japan finance minister Aso with a not so cryptic comment on the G7 (6+1)

  Japan finance minister Aso says he felt strongly that the G7 meeting was 6 plus 1 other
  2018-06-05 11:25:06

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  ForexLive Asia FX news: USD/JPY tries 110 … not there yet

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Asia trading Tuesday 5 June 2018 Note-stay tuned for the RBA, due at 0430GMT! USD/JPY was an early mover, up[...]
  2018-06-05 11:25:06

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  May final services and composite PMIs from the Eurozone to feature heavily Good day, everyone! Hope you're all doing well today. But before we get[...]
  2018-06-05 11:25:06

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  Heads up - Italy's new populist government set for confidence vote later today

  Prime minister Giuseppe Conte's new government is set for a confidence vote in parliament today Conte will be speaking at 1000 GMT before the Senate[...]
  2018-06-05 11:25:06

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  Chart of the Day: USD/CAD. Hawkish hold from BOC and Oil rising on OPEC comments

  USD/CAD Well, the hawkish hold from the . Concerns over the  pressure on the housing market with higher mortgage rates in play were played down.[...]
  2018-06-05 09:15:40

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  New Zealand government financial statements show surplus better than forecast

  NZ government 10 month update  Surplus to be 159mio NZD higher than forecast NZD 3.41bn surplus in the 10 months through to April
  2018-06-05 07:26:49

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  Iran says it will increase its capacity to produce uranium gas

  Iranian nuclear official Kamalvandi says Tehran to inform UN atomic agency on Tuesday about start of uranium gas production capacity increase  And the Iran nukes[...]
  2018-06-05 07:26:49

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  Australian data - Services PMI for May 59.0 (from prior 55.2)

  Australian Industry Group (AiG) Performance of Services Index jumps 3.8 points in the month Not generally an immediate FX market mover Last week we got[...]
  2018-06-05 07:26:49

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  IMF warns on a slump in Canada GDP if Trump terminates Nafta, slaps on tariffs

   International Monetary Fund has warned that CAD GDP is at risk More: - "economic anxiety is high due to trade tensions, uncertainty about the outcome[...]
  2018-06-05 07:26:49

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