Month: August 2018

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  Australian building approval data: "detail was consistently on the weak side"

  A response to the building permits data for July released earlier: This (in brief) via Westopac sums it up: --- AUD update: ForexLive
  2018-08-30 07:27:13

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  More anomalies in Chinese economic data - NBS says its "cleaning up local data"

  Here is a piece in the South China Morning Post on that perennial favourite, the veracity of Chinese economic data  It looks at GDP, industrial[...]
  2018-08-30 07:27:13

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  Australia Q2 capex response: "broadly neutral … industry mix is arguably disappointing"

  Westpac's initial analysis of the capital expenditure data out earlier: This in brief. I'll jump ahead to this bit (looking ahead to Sep 5): On[...]
  2018-08-30 07:27:13

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: NZD and AUD ... data disappointment drops

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Asia trading Thursday 30 August 2018 NZD and AUD both fell today on local data releases.    NZD was first.[...]
  2018-08-30 07:27:13

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  August preliminary inflation figures for Germany and Spain on the cards here 0600 GMT - Germany July import price index Prior release can be found[...]
  2018-08-30 07:27:13

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  Heads up on Germany states' CPI readings today

  Germany states will be getting their CPI prints for August later showed a slight decline in the annual inflation estimate but it's still riding near[...]
  2018-08-30 07:27:13

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  Loonie looks perky as optimism surrounding a NAFTA deal grows

  The Canadian dollar is the best performing major currency so far this week CAD leads gains on the week so far, with the dollar and[...]
  2018-08-30 06:23:23

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  USD/JPY still stuck in a rut on the week

  Price is playing ping pong between 111.00 and 111.40 ForexLive At the moment, price is testing the 100-hour MA (red line) @ 111.17 once again[...]
  2018-08-30 06:23:23

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  AUD/USD: Buyers dealt a blow as RBA dilemma looks set to extend further

  AUD stumbles after Westpac fires the first crippling shot at Australian consumers ForexLive AUD/USD falls to a session low of 0.7300 on the day as[...]
  2018-08-30 06:23:23

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  EUR/USD: Buyers starting to lose momentum?

  Upside move stalls after failing to post a daily close above 1.1700 ForexLive Daily resistance from the 38.2 retracement level @ 1.1709 and the swing[...]
  2018-08-30 06:23:23

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