Month: July 2018

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  Significant option expiries for Wednesday 25 July 2018 at the 10am New York cut

  The technical term is hump day options, of course EUR/USD - 1.1700 EUR 927m - 1.1750 1.0bn USD/JPY - 109.85 $ 400m - 111.84 400m[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  Here we go. The next 30 minutes brings the BOJ, the PBOC and then Aussie CPI

  Strap yourselves in ladies and gentlemen: as pointed out yesterday the with a planned buying operation People's Bank of China with the onshore yuan reference[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  The Bank of Japan left the amount of JGBs purchased unchanged at its operation today

  Huh … so there is the first bit of the exciting news that has turned out unexciting …. uh oh :-D ForexLive
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.8040 (vs. yesterday at 6.7891)

  This is the reference rate for the onshore yuan, CNY PBOC cracks it through 6.8 Weaker onshore yuan again today … weakest for the CNY[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  Australian inflation for Q2: Headline CPI 0.4% q/q (expected 0.5%)

  Australia second quarter inflation, April to June 2018   Headline comes in at 0.4% q/q … lower than the consensus estimate Its the core measures[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  AUD a wee bit softer following the CPI data

  The Australian dollar had been trading to session highs prior to the data Data is here Since the numbers though its fallen a few points:[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  Some quick responses coming in to the AUD inflation data

  Some of the remarks about the place ahead of more in depth analysis - strong disinflationary pulse - nontradeables inflation stable around 3% - tradeable[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  Heads up for FX options expiring later this week

  I posted those for expiry today here earlier:  A look ahead: Thursday July 26 - EUR/USD 1.1700 1.0bn EUR amount - NZD/USD 0.6800 NZD amount[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  European Central Bank meeting coming up Thursday - what to expect

  If memory serves I posted up a preview of the ECB meeting already Ah yes, thoughts from Barclays and UBS here it is, Overall expectations[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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  US economy will soon lose momentum according to economists

  This from a poll of economist undertaken by Reuters on expectations for the US ahead of the GDP report coming Friday U.S. economy will lose[...]
  2018-07-25 07:27:07

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