Month: September 2018

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  Australia trade balance (July): AUD 1551m surplus (vs. surplus expected 1450m AUD)

  Trade balance data from Australia in at a larger than expected surplus  1551 m AUD - expected +1450m AUD - prior surplus of AUD 1873m[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  BOJ's Kataoka: July's policy move could make BOJ's long-term yield target obsolete

  Goushi Kataoka, Member of the Policy Board more to come   ForexLive
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  South and North Korea announce a summit meeting - September 18 - 20

  Moon and Kim will meet again Must have been a mutual right swipe  - Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon to hold summit[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  A heads up preview for Australian housing finance data due Friday

  Home loans data for Australia in July coming up Friday & September, due at 0130GMT As I posted earlier in comments from CA its not[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  'EUR/USD trading with little directional conviction (stuck in the 1.15 / 1.17 range)'

  Thoughts on the USD and a bit more specifically on the bid dollar against the euro for H2 of 2018 This via ING USD versus[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  Uh-oh … 'Europe’s Looking Like Another Emerging Market'

  This is via Bloomberg on European equities, on an increasing correlation between MSCI Europe and MSCI Emerging Markets. I fell off my chair due to the[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  Another Australian bank raises mortgage interest rates

  ANZ with a +0.16% to their variable rate mortgage 016% … we are all doomed (again)  Westpac bumped their higher last week. there are 4[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  A 3rd Australian bank raises its mortgage rate

  Last  week it was Westpac, just a few minutes ago it was ANZ, now CBA announce a hike - CBA +0.15% to its variable rate[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  ForexLive Asia FX news wrap: AUD a little drop on bank rate moves

  Forex and Bitcoin news for Asia trading Thursday 6 September 2018  Some wiggles in the forex today, with a weaker USD to kick off the[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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  Economic data coming up in the European session

  Swiss Q2 GDP the only notable item The session ahead isn't going to have much in terms of items on the calendar but that hasn't[...]
  2018-09-06 07:27:08

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