Month: July 2018

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  Amazon's Bezos plans to charge USD200K for space flight rides

  Reuters citing sources   - plans to charge passengers about $200,000 to $300,000 for its first trips into space next year - Bezos' 'New Shepard'[...]
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  US Comm Sec Ross says he will sell all his equity holdings and buy US Treasuries

  A big 'YOURS!' from Wilbur Ross US Commerce Secretary … says he had made mistakes in divesting his assets as per his ethics agreement, this[...]
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  China reports explosion in south west of the country has killed 19 people

  China's official Xinhua News Agency reporting: - explosion in an industrial park - A southwestern Chinese province - 19 dead, another 12 injured 12 ForexLive
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.6727 (vs. yesterday at 6.6726)

  No OMOS from the People's Bank of China today   ForexLive
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  PBOC to inject 188.5bn yuan via 1 year MLF

  At 3.3% unchanged rate from previous MLF injection Earlier today the Bank had not undertaken any open market operations. Using 1 year injection of funds[...]
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  China trade balance for H1 (Jan - June) is out, but not June figures as yet

  Still waiting for the June 2018 trade data This to be going on with: January - June (first half of 2018 year) trade surplus is[...]
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  Comments on trade from China - downward risks due to unilateralism

  Reuters  reporting some comments from China customs folks:  ForexLive
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  China trade balance for June (USD terms): USD41.6bn (expected $27.7bn)

  China trade balance for June, in yuan terms: CNY 261.9 bn  Exports y/y: +3.1% y/y … miss Imports y/y: +6.0% y/y … even bigger miss[...]
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  China's USD denominated June trade surplus with the US was the highest ever recorded

  Reuters  have run the numbers and have come up with that little factoid  - Highest ever for any one month - Reuters basing it data[...]
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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  Forex options expiries Friday 13 July, 10am NY cut

  Ths of notable size not too far from spot EUR/USD - 1.1650 EUR 1.2bn - 1.1700 868m USD/JPY - 112.50 $ 610m GBP/USD - 1.3250[...]
  2018-07-13 07:27:06

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