Month: June 2018

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  SNB's Jordan says keeping an eye on ECB policy

  Further comments by SNB head Thomas Jordan Jordan is taking questions from reporters now, and when asked if the SNB could act before the ECB[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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  Italian assets spoil the mood in Europe

  Italy's MIB falls by more than 1%, while 10-year bond yields have jumped by more than 10 bps on the day now This comes after[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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  Saudi Arabia says oil output increase of 1 million bpd is a good target to work with

  Further comments by Saudi Arabia's oil minister Khalid Al-Falih Pretty much setting the market expectations here. Al-Falih sure sounds confident on the matter, and the[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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  EUR/USD closes in on the year's low as Italian politics rear its ugly head again

  EUR/USD touches a low of 1.1514 on the day And is inches away from the year's low at 1.1510. The latest catalyst that I can[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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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[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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  Markets feeling a bit jittery as Italian bond yields spike

  Early signs of a risk-off move is being observed USD/JPY has pared all gains on the day and trades near the lows now at 110.35,[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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  Saudi Arabia says it can add as much oil supply as needed

  Further comments by Saudi oil minister Khalid Al-Falih Sure, when you're the only one with spare capacity then everything seems that easy.  
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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  What to expect from the BOE decision later today?

  No change in the bank rate is expected, but it's all about the language Or should I say, it's all about whether or not the[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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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[...]
  2018-06-21 13:30:21

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  RBC on the policy easing by the PBoC & what it means for the RBA and AUD

  ICYMI, the People's Bank of China delivered a surprise stimulus yesterday, injecting funds: RBC have been quick with an analysis, this in summary from their[...]
  2018-06-21 10:10:36

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