Month: June 2018

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  Trump has asked US trade rep to identify $200b in Chinese goods for more tariffs

  Trade tariff escalation continues. Reuters report that - Trump adds that if China increases tariffs again the US will respond with tariffs on another $200bn[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  Australia - ANZ Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence drops to 122.1 (123.0 prior)

  This data was out at the same time as the Trump news on his investigating more and bigger tariffs against China The trade war headlines[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  AUD/USD buyers around 0.7400 swamped by tariff headline driven sellers

  Widespread sellers of AUD seen - Bids around 0.7400/10 have been filled - Australian exporters the buyers  - The selling was from many directions but[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  Former BOJ official says the BOJ should just give up on inflation

  Tokyo University professor Tsutomu Watanabe is a former BOJ monetary policy maker He has some sobering advice: "The last five years have confirmed that the[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  FX options expiring at the 10am New York time cut on Tuesday 19 June 2018

  Greetings again to all! The forex options expiries today, these the close by of size: EUR/USD - 1.1585 EUR511m USD/JPY - 109.50 USD 354mln -[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.4235

  There was no mid rate yesterday, China was on holiday. The previous central rate was on last Friday, at 6.4306 In Open Market operations: -[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  US Treasury says it is preparing tariffs on Chinese goods at the direction of Trump

  Proposed tariffs are being prepared at President Trump's direction  US Treasury statement Meanwhile, AUD/USD retracing some of its earlier drop:
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  PBOC to inject 200bn yuan via MLF loans today

  So reports Financial news in China - People's Bank of China to inject around 200bn yuan in MLF loans huh …. so the reports go.[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  RBA minutes: Rise in AUD would slow inflation and growth

  Reserve Bank of Australia June meeting minutes out now Reuters with the quick headlines:  Full text is here: Minutes of the June 2018 Monetary Policy[...]
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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  China's Comm Min says US trade war will hurt firms, people of US and China

  China's Ministry of Commerce on the latest trade war developments   
  2018-06-19 07:27:07

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