Month: July 2018

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  US June PCE core inflation +1.9% vs +2.0% y/y expected

  June 2018 personal consumption expenditure report highlights Consumers There isn't much to be happy about here for the dollar bulls, although the revision to the[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  US Q2 employment cost index 0.6%% vs +0.7% expected

  Prior quarter came in at +0.8% - Wages and salaries up 0.5% vs Q1 0.9% gain - Benefit costs +0.9% vs 0.7% in the Q1[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  Canada May GDP +0.5% m/m vs +0.3% m/m expected

  Canadian May monthly GDP data Details: - Goods producing +0.6% - Service producing +0.5% - Mining, quarrying, oil & gas +1.8% m/m and +6.4% y/y[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  Canada June industrial product price 0.5% vs +0.3% m/m expected

  Canada PPI data - Prior was revised  higher to 1.2% from 1.0% previously reported - YoY +5.1% on the year - the largest upside contributor[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  US May CaseChiller 20-city house price index +0.2% vs +0.2% m/m expected

  Housing data ForexLive
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  US dollar catches a broad bid with USD/JPY leading the way

  USD/JPY hits a session high There isn't anything particularly driving the move. The PCE report wasn't great on the inflation side but here were decent[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  US, China said to see to restart talks to defuse trade war

  Breaking BBG headline, citing two people familiar - Next US tariff on $16 billion in Chinese imports to hit as early as Wednesday, with China threatening[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  GBPUSD moves off trend line support. Channel trading.

  Ups and downs continue The GBPUSD tested the 200 hour MA earlier in the day and also near a lower trend line. That support held[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  Up next: Chicago PMI expected to tick lower

  Chicago PMI coming up The survey of Chicago-area manufacturing is forecast to fall to 62.0 from 64.1. Anything above 50 denotes expansion so there's plenty[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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  Chicago July PMI 65.5 vs 62.0 expected

  July 2018 Chicago PMI highlights The 65.5 reading matched the highest economist estimate. Those low inventories point to more growth in the months ahead. A[...]
  2018-07-31 19:29:07

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