Month: June 2018

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  SNB's Maechler says CHF is a safe haven and can quickly come under pressure

  Comments by SNB board member Andrea Maechler Meanwhile, Jordan refuses to comment on when normalisation may start and says that he doesn't want to speculate[...]
  2018-06-25 22:09:06

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  ECB's Weidmann says ending QE is first step of multi-year normalisation

  Comments by ECB member Jens Weidmann Nothing new as well from Weidmann. If anything, it feels like he's less hawkish than usual. But considering he's[...]
  2018-06-25 22:09:06

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  Bank of England leaves bank rate unchanged, votes 6-3-0

  Bank of England announces its monetary policy decision for June 2018 Here's the statement details: Haldane joining in on the vote count is the real[...]
  2018-06-25 22:09:06

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  Fed's Kashkari: No signs of overheating in the economy

  Speaking in Minneapolis HE adds: Kashkari is more of a dove and he is not a voting member in 2018. 
  2018-06-25 22:09:06

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  Germany June Ifo business climate index 101.8 vs 101.8 expected

  Latest data released by Ifo Institute for Economic Research - 25 June 2018 Do be reminded the Ifo  to take into account of services data too[...]
  2018-06-25 19:29:02

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  Ifo economist says economic boom in Germany is over

  Comments by Ifo's economist, Klaus Wohlrabe, following the report earlier It sure took a while for them to admit it, but in the end they[...]
  2018-06-25 19:29:02

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  Sluggish German data not enough to deter euro bulls

  EUR/USD trades up to a high of 1.1671 after the release of the German Ifo data The data release wasn't too encouraging as the business[...]
  2018-06-25 19:29:02

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  ECB's Vasiliauskas says could think about further policy steps in autumn of 2019

  Comments by ECB member Vitas Vasiliauskas If that's the case, then it's likely that we won't see any rate hikes by the ECB during Draghi's[...]
  2018-06-25 19:29:02

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  Offshore yuan extends fall against dollar to weakest levels since December 2017

  USD/CNH surpasses 6.55 on the day The offshore yuan was already under pressure early in the day before the PBOC decided to fix the onshore[...]
  2018-06-25 19:29:02

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  German govt spokesman says Merkel continues to seek solution on immigration in talks with EU

  The EU Summit is key to determine Merkel's fate Yesterday's meeting was just the beginning but the EU Summit to come later this week on[...]
  2018-06-25 19:27:06

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