Month: July 2018

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  Cable sits near the lows ahead of the UK inflation report, what levels to eye for?

  GBP/USD trades near the lows at 1.3084 currently ForexLive The dollar is still holding onto its gains so far in the session, and is helping[...]
  2018-07-18 18:23:24

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  BOE's Cunliffe says that softer Q1 activity was driven by poor weather

  BOE member Jon Cunliffe speaks in Kendal - Significant drop in activity in Q1 "looks to have been largely an aberration" - That was driven[...]
  2018-07-18 10:10:43

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  Fed releases monetary policy report to Congress

  US economic activity  expanded at a solid pace.  The Fed report is a head of Gov. Powell's semiannual testimony to Congress next week.  for the[...]
  2018-07-18 10:10:43

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  Fed's Bostic: Does not have a lot of concerns about the economy today

  Atlanta Fed president speaking in Northern Virginia The Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic is speaking at a town hall chat in Northern Virginia. He says:[...]
  2018-07-18 10:10:43

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  Fed's Bostic: Our survey shows tax cuts not changing capital spending

  This was hoped to be a source of growth in GDP Fed's Bostic is on the wires saying their survey shows tax cuts are not[...]
  2018-07-18 10:10:43

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  Fed's Kaplan: Tariffs could see downgrades to 2018/2019 growth forecasts

  Fed's Kaplan highlights Fed's Kaplan headline from interview: ForexLive
  2018-07-18 10:10:43

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  Its RBA day! (Well, the July meeting minutes anyway) - preview

  The minutes will be pored over and scoured for hints and innuendo. As usual! And not least of all by me. I suppose I could[...]
  2018-07-18 10:09:06

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  Fed's Kashkari releases essay on flattening of the yield curve

  Kashkari weighs in on the hot topic The US 2-10 yield spread is just 25 basis points today and an inversion is almost inevitable given[...]
  2018-07-18 10:09:06

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  Weekend: Buba / ECB Weidmann warns of a slowdown in economic growth

  Head of the German Bundesbank and ECB board member Jens Weidmann warned of risks to the economy German press (Handelsblatt ) reports on Weidmann's comments made to[...]
  2018-07-18 10:09:06

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.6758 (vs. Friday at 6.6727)

  In open market operations the Bank has added in (!) yuan via OMOS - 130bn through 14 day reverse repos - 170bn yuan via 7[...]
  2018-07-18 10:09:06

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