Aug 04, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup BoJ DepGov Iwata Eased recently to deal with increased overseas risks, USD funding needs, JPY gains slowing price rises but inflation to eventually turn up, optimistic on growth, ready to ease again...
Aug 03, 2016 21:42 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup U.S. private sector adds 179k jobs in July, Jun revised to 176k from 172k (ADP). US Markit svcs PMI final 51.4 v 50.9, comp PMI final 51.8 vs 51.5 previous. US ISM N-Mfg PMI 55.5 vs forecast 56,...
Aug 03, 2016 12:44 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup GBP/USD 0.09%, USD/JPY 0.3%, EUR/USD -0.2% Japan PM Abe - Will do utmost to defeat deflation PM Abe: economy is top priority for the new cabinet Japan MOF Asakawa warns against...
Aug 03, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup Japan MoF Asakawa FX market nervous, eyeing moves carefully Reuters. BoJ Policy Board June 15-16 meeting minutes Increase in service prices not enough to offset slowing gains in goods prices,...
Aug 02, 2016 22:12 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup US consumer spending exits Q2 with strong momentum, +0.4% in Jun; Inflation-adjusted spending +0.3%. US June personal income +0.2%, wages/salaries +0.3% vs 0.2% in May. US core PCE price Index...
Aug 02, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup GBP/USD 0.5%, USD/JPY -0.6%, EUR/USD 0.28% Feds Kaplan urges patience in raising rates, points to global risks Japan cabinet approves $130bn in fiscal steps as part of stimulus Fiscal...
Aug 02, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Market Roundups
Market Roundup RBA cuts OCR 25 bps to 1.5% as forecast, global economy growing at below average pace, rising AUD could complicated economic transition, China growth moderating, inflation quite low, to remain so ...
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