Month: July 2018

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  Walmart selling its Japanese supermarket chain (deal around 2.7 to 4.5bn USD)

  Something to note perhaps for future USD/JPY flows  - Walmart selling its Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu - Reuters  with the report, citing Japanese media
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  ANZ on oil - prices to be volatile but within a range

  ANZ painting a picture of conflicting influences on the oil price going forward In brief analysts there highlight: We expect a net production increase of[...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  Video: Bank of Canada hikes. What's next for the Canadian dollar

  Why the Bank of Canada hiked I joined BNN Bloomberg immediately after the Bank of Canada decided to hike interest rates to 1.50% to talk about[...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  Australia Consumer inflation expectations for July: 3.9% (prior 4.2%)

  Not a forex mover …. in fact there have been a few 'not a forex mover' data points out ... Let me do a catch-up:[...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  Heads up for FX option expiries Thursday 12 July 2018

  Forex options expiries today, the 10am NY cut - 1.1675 EUR 784m - 1.1775 624m - 1.1800 953m - 111.00 USD 413m - 112.00 559m [...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.6726 (vs. yesterday at 6.6234)

  Onshore yuan reference rate  - CNY weakened big time today by the Bank People's Bank of China firing a shot in the trade war with[...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  North Korea's Kim visited a potato farm instead of meeting with US delegation

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is schooling the US in negotiation techniques US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew to Pyongyang to try to rescue[...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  PBOC cut to the onshore yuan price today the biggest since January of 2017

  The People's Bank of China devalued the CNY against the USD today: That is the weakest for the CNY at its reference rate setting since[...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  Bank of Korea says they expect growth to slow

  I posted earlier on the bellwether Dr. Copper Comments from the BoK on their monetary policy decision today (base rate unchanged)  South Korea, too, is[...]
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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  US inflation data due Thursday 12 July 2018 - preview

  US CPI is due today, coming up at 1230GMT What to expect from: Commerzbank:  Credit Suisse:  ForexLive
  2018-07-12 07:29:10

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