Month: July 2018

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  New Zealand data: ANZ commodity price index for June: -1.0% (prior +1.5%)

  This is the first drop for this index since December of last year Down 1% m/m - prior +1.5%  Up 2.2% y/y - prior +5.4%[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  Australia trade balance for May: AUD +827m (vs. surplus of AUD1200m expected)

  Australian Trade balance for May comes in at a miss, showing a surplus of 827m AUD - expected AUD +1200m, - previous AUD + 977m[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  Australia May Retail sales: +0.4% m/m (vs. expected +0.3%)

  A beat for this data point, and it outweighs the miss on the trade balance - expected +0.3% m/m -  prior +0.4% High household debt[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  USD slipping a few pips (nearly) across the board

  EUR/USD up, as is AUD, NZD, CAD, CHF …..  Yen is holding, USD/JPY not slipping away while other currencies gain against the big dollar Ranges[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  China June Caixin / Markit services PMI: 53.9 (prior 52.9) and composite 53.0 (52.7)

  Services PMI - private survey - from China Caixin / Markit services PMI: 53.9  - expected 52.7, so a good beat, while the prior was[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  UK Police ‘unknown substance’ incident near earlier Russian attack site

  Attention is focused on a town close to the city of Salisbury, where a former Russian spy and his daughter earlier this year were victims[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  US heat wave so extreme its slowing down high speed traders

  This is an interesting little bit from Bloomberg on HFT That's good - means I got time for another cup of coffee, right? Link for[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  EU considering talks with world’s big car exporters to prevent all-out trade war with US

  The Financial Times reports on the European union considering talks on a tariff-cutting deal between the world's big car exporters - Aimed at preventing "an[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: USD a touch weaker

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Asia trading Wednesday July 4 2018 Heading into the US holiday Asia FX was thinner in liquidity but outdid itself[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  It's PMI day again in Europe Good day, everyone! Hope you're all doing well as we get the session going later on in the day.[...]
  2018-07-04 07:27:06

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