Month: July 2018

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  Australia - FWIW the PM says federal election will be in H1 of 2019

  In a nutshell, the next Australian Federal election must be held between 4 August 2018 and 18 May 2019 (there are buts but I won't go[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  Mexico's economy minister says he had very positive Nafta talks with US

  Mexico's economy minister Guajardo upbeat on his Nafta discussions with US negotiators  The never ending story. Airight? ForexLive
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  NZ data, ANZ's consumer confidence for July 118.0 vs 120.0 previous

  Down 1.3% m/m for the survey result and to its lowest since 2016 While it has fallen on the month it is wiggling around its[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  IMF forecasts China growth at 6.6% for 2018

  The  International Monetary Fund with its latest on China Growth expected at 6.6% this year. This is an unchanged forecast from the Fund, their previous was[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  China's Xi and Russia's Putin met on Thursday

  Via China press (government's Xinhua) Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin met on the sidelines of the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  One for the US vapers out there: Trump wants 25% Tax on vape Imports from China

  The US administration is proposing a 25% tax on vape products imported from China - an estimated 91% of vaping devices in the US are[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  End of month on the way, CA expect to see selling of USD

  A snippet from Credit Agricole on what their month-end re-balancing model is suggesting In a nutshell,  ForexLive
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  Japan data: Tokyo headline CPI 0.9% y/y (expected 0.7%)

  We will get the national Japanese inflation data for July in 3 weeks, for now this heads up for Tokyo area CPI Perhaps a very[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  Trump hones his GDP tip: Not 5.3%, but "if it has a 4 in front of it, we’re happy"

  US Q2 GDP is due on Friday 27 July 2018 at 1230GMT I posted a preview way back on Monday: And then I got trumped[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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  US politics - Cohen willing to attest Trump knew about Russia meeting

  If 2018 plays out as it has so far politics should continue to be a driver of markets This now via CNN, something to keep[...]
  2018-07-27 07:29:06

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