Month: August 2018

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  Forex options expiries Thursday 2 August 2018

  FX option expiry for the 10am NY cut today EUR/USD - 1.1500 EUR amounts listed 1.9bn - 1.1600 606m - 1.1610 510m - 1.1625 683m[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.7942 (vs. yesterday at 6.8293)

  Wow! A yuan appreciation from the PBOC today.   PBOC skips open market operations today, for a 10th consecutive day - 30bn yuan of RRs[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  Heads up for Australian trade balance due at the bottom of the hour

  A couple of preview posts ICYMI: ForexLive
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  Australian trade balance for June: AUD 1873m surplus (vs. expected surplus 900m)

  A big best of estimates for the trade surplus - expected surplus 900m AUD - previous was 827m AUD surplus  Exports +3.0% m/m (prior +4.0%) [...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  BOJ's Amamiya: Will take time to hit 2% inflation, powerful easing appropriate

  Bank of Japan deputy governor Amamiya reading the approved script  - Momentum for hitting price goal maintained - Will take time for inflation to reach[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  Bank of England monetary policy decision today - all the previews in one place

  BoE Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting is Thursday 2 August 2018  Previews: -  (RBC) (MS, Nomura) - (TD, Barclays, BNP Paribas) And, if you read[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  Option expiries of note for Friday 3 August

  For Thursday's FX options expiry, I posted here earlier: I know some like an early heads up to the chunky ones, thse for Friday August[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  Australian retail sales data due Friday - what to expect

  The data week is not done from Australia, due Friday 2 August 2018 at 0130GMT Retail Sales for June - expected +0.3% m/m  - prior[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  Heads up: SGX says problems related to real time values for all FTSE indexes

  An announcement from Singapore Exchange - Says it is observing problems related to real time values for all FTSE indexes - Is currently investigating the[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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  Recap of BOJ's Amamiya speech earlier - BOJ will buy JGBs if yields rise rapidly

  A speech from Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya earlier today (not too long ago): Reuters  have a bit of a recap up on the[...]
  2018-08-02 07:27:04

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