Month: January 2019

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  ECB's Knot: Core inflation still isn't showing "any signs of life"

  Further comments by ECB member Klaas Knot - No reason to expect more than a little slowing of growth - QE remains in the toolbox,[...]
  2019-01-04 11:11:03

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  PIMCO on the US economy … "The market is predicting a (Fed) rate cut …"

  This an ICYMI from the folks at and a US economic slowing Bloomberg, comments on Federal Reserve The piece is based on comments from Tony Crescenzi,[...]
  2019-01-04 11:09:09

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  Expect to hear something from the Bank of Japan today as they respond to the FX flash crash

  Japanese officials will not be happy about this You can almost guarantee there will be a report later saying that officials from the Bank of[...]
  2019-01-04 11:09:09

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.8631 (vs. yesterday at 6.8482)

  People's Bank of China onshore yuan reference rate  In Open Market operations - PBOC injects 40bn yuan via 7-day reverse repos - PBOC injects 20bn[...]
  2019-01-04 11:09:09

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  Heads up for Fed Chair Powell speaking this week (Friday)

  Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell is speaking on 4 January 2019  - It will be in the format of a joint interview (with[...]
  2019-01-04 11:09:09

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  People’s Bank of China sets yuan reference rate at 6.8482 (previous 6.8632)

  There was no central rate set on Monday nor Tuesday this week, both were holidays in China.   So that previous in the headline is[...]
  2019-01-04 11:09:09

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  China needs expansionary fiscal policy & moderately loose monetary policy

  Comments from a former PBOC Monetary Policy Committee member Yu Yongding - most pressing issue is to halt the further decline in economic growth -[...]
  2019-01-04 11:09:09

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  Dallas Fed December manufacturing index -5.1 vs +15.0 expected

  Dallas-area manufacturing survey And that's your final US economic data point of the year. It's a huge miss. The regional manufacturing numbers in December have[...]
  2019-01-04 11:09:09

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  Dollar Rises Vs Most Majors Ahead Of U.S. GDP Data

  The U.S. GDP data for the third quarter, durable goods orders and personal income and spending data for November are set for release at 8:30[...]
  2019-01-04 08:29:06

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  Loonie Falls Vs Most Majors Ahead Of Canada Retail Sales, GDP Data

  At 8:30 am ET Friday, Canada retail sales and gross domestic product data for October are due. Ahead of these data, the loonie traded mixed[...]
  2019-01-04 08:29:06

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