Month: September 2018

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  Japan data - Q2 capex +12.8% y/y (vs. expected +6.5%)

  Japanese capital expenditure in the second quarter of 2018 (April to June)  Capital Spending y/y, +12.8% and for a big beat (fastest grpwth since Dec[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  Australian CoreLogic House Price index for August: -0.4% m/m (previous –0.6%)

  Another drop in this indicator of the price of houses in Australia   Amongst the concerns for the economy in Oz is falling house prices[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  Westpac fair value AUD model - "A$ finally prints ‘cheap’ "

  This via Westpac's Robert Rennie (Head of Research) on the bank's Australian dollar model A$ finally prints 'cheap' to the WestpacMarkets fair value range, below[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  Japan Nikkei / Markit Manufacturing PMI for August, final: 52.5 (vs. prior 52.3)

  Japanese manufacturing PMI in August comes in at 52.5  The key points made by Markit for this month's report: - Production rises amid faster new[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  Strap in for the Australian retail sales data coming soon - preview

  Its a big economic data hour coming up from Australia: 0100 GMT Australia, Melbourne Institute (MI) Inflation Gauge for August - prior was 0.1% m/m[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  More on French President Macron: Putin dreams about "dismantling the European Union"

  I posted the headlines a little earlier, without any further details: More now though … Macron was speaking Sunday in an interview with Sweden's SVT[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  Australia, Melbourne Institute (MI) Inflation Gauge for August: 0.1% m/m (prior was 0.1%)

  We get official CPI data from the land down under one a quarter. In the meantime this a private data point. out each month with[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  ICYMI - Monday is a US holiday

  Just a heads up ladies and gentlemen and an ICYMI Monday is a holiday in the US Which means (amongst other things) lighter than normal[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  The NZ economy is in the grip of 'grumpflation '

  Weekend comments from Cameron Bagrie, who was ANZ NZ Chief Economist for 11+ years  But: Bagrie's article is well worth a read if you are trading[...]
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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  Australia ANZ job ads for August: -0.6% m/m (prior +1.5%)

  Its a jam packed few AUD data calendar, GDP partial indicator and retails data hitting at the same time  ANZ comments: ForexLive
  2018-09-03 07:29:13

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