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Your economic data/event calendar for today 17 June Greetings one and all. Tragic news out of the UK to put a lot of things in perspective. We live in extremely fragile times. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of Jo Cox...
FSA, MoF, BOJ officials are meeting to discuss financial mkts Asakawa remarks crossing on the screens: BOJ, MoF, FSA share view the volatility is rising in FX, financial markets (Masatsugu Asakawa is vice finance minister for international affairs) More...
USD/JPY and yen crosses are all a little higher in recent minutesw On the back of: Japan finance minister Aso Very concerned about one-sided, rapid and speculative moves seen in FX mkt Plans to hold meeting of FSA, MoF, BOJ officials to discuss financial mkts on Friday...
The latest on Asia-Pacific banks from Fitch Ratings Australian banks' capital positions have been strengthening The extent of improvement and the regulatory capital ratios themselves are understated relative to many international peers Due to a conservative implementation of the Basel capital fra...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch's monthly fund manager survey Its found cash allocations amongst the managers are now at a 15-year high, highest since November of 2001 At 5.7% (was 5...
New Zealand data ANZ Job advertisements for May: +0.2% m/m (prior was +1.8%, revised from1.7%) For the y/y, up 7.2% ANZ commentary...
Gold climbs to highest since July 2014 then tumbles Uncertainty and a Fed that suddenly seems like might not hike at all gave gold an boost early today but it has completely turned around in the second big reversal in a month. The first came three weeks ago...
In recent years Price Action has rapidly gained popularity among traders for its simplicity and reliability. It really is so good that many traders have started to use the elements in their trade. The most popular and recognizable element was a pin-bar...
A mix of stupidity, cold-heartedness and fear Part 1 The all-time classic market rumours cartoon is perfect to illustrate what's happening today. The headlines say something like: UK PM David Cameron suspends EU vote campaigning because of Jo Cox death...
Talk the Brexit vote could be delayed There's a completely unsourced (and very likely untrue) rumour that the Brexit vote could be delayed because of the murder of UK MP Jo Cox today...