Month: August 2018

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  Trump tweets a shot at lawyer Michael Cohen

  Looks like no love is lost Watch out for more tweets. Cohen's lawyer this morning says he's 'happy' to aid the Russia probe and that[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  Mexico's Guajardo: Hoping for NAFTA solutions in next hours or days

  Optimistic comment The big story today is from , who says the US may announce (by itself) that it's cleared up some issues with Mexico[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  US stocks are mixed in early trading

  Major indices are trading near  unchanged levels The US major stock indices are trading mixed in early trading. That is up from lower pre-opening levels.
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  Russia says western sanctions are pointless, counter-productive

  Comments from Putin ForexLive
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  US July existing home sales 5.34m vs 5.40m expected

  July existing home sales data The sluggishness in US housing this year has been the biggest economic surprise in my eyes. The NAR talks about[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  Nonfarm payrolls revisions add 43K jobs to US

  Benchmark revisions The BLS says the preliminary estimate of the non-farm payrolls revisions adds 43K jobs to the US. The revisions are for the period[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  Oil higher ahead of weekly oil inventories

  US weekly inventories and production due at the bottom of the hour Oil is having a nice day with WTI crude up $1.61 to $74.20.[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  US weekly crude oil inventories -5836K vs -2000K expected

  Weekly US energy inventory and production data API data yesterday: - Oil -5170K - Gasoline -930K - Distillates +1800K - Cushing +195K Oil is lower[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  Goldman Sachs now sees lower global Treasury yields

  Goldman Sachs cuts forecast for 10-year yields Those all still represent rates moving higher in the next four months, but not as aggressively as earlier[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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  Canada trade min Freeland: Very encouraged about US-Mexico NAFTA progress

  Freeland upbeat "We're hearing optimism from them," on NAFTA. There's a big idea out there that Canada was 'excluded' from the US-Mexico talks recently. That's[...]
  2018-08-22 19:29:07

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