UK retail sales data up on the agenda today Notably, USD/JPY has filled its May 2019 gap upon a break to fresh nine-month highs above 111.00 while cable slipped rather heavily after the UK inflation data beat in a drop towards 1.2900 and below its 100-day moving average. […]
Forex news for Asia trading Thursday 20 February 2020 - 82 We had some movement in the Asian timezone today after the huge surge for USD/JPY in Europe/US time Wednesday. USD/JPY tested down towards 111.10 and held just above there before heading back towards 111.50. News and data flow from Japan was sparse today although later […]
This is a meeting ahead of a scheduled US Cabinet meeting on February 28 - This will be a "deputy-level meeting" - to discuss further curbs on exports to Huawei and China Via Reuters earlier today, […]
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake near Chiba - Depth of 30 kms - 4 on Japan's 7 point scale - No tsunami threat warning has been issued I'd be freaking out if I was there but those tough folks in Japan probably haven't even noticed it.&nbs […]
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman comments reported via , citing 'people who heard the comments' Bloomberg In January he said he saw 'very little impact' but he appears to have ramped up the urgency. […]
A couple of bank analyst pieces on the Australian employment report: makes note of WPAC take is not much different, says the report today reinforces their view of an April rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia but even March is a live meeting now. AUD has barely bounced at all: […]
Says China's FY growth will fall to 5% in 2020 - China's economic recovery from coronavirus seen in Q3 - coronavirus economic impact on China seen from Q1 Headlines via Bloomberg […]
The Diamond Princess was moored in Yokohama harbour under quarantine. NHK report - 2 of the passengers have died - a man and a women in their 80s - Japanese nationals That's it for details as of now.&nbs […]
China's National Health Commission update on confirmed cases - Total for mainland China as of end February 19 is 74,576 - Total deaths across China's mainland reaches 2,118 (114 added to total on Feb 19) Note the methodology of counting has changed (bolded link below) &nbs […]
Its contagious, NZD falling away also. Both economies are going to be hit hard by the coronavirus slowdown in China. If the numbers are to be believed out of China (plenty of doubts have been expressed about doing so) then the rate of spread is declining. But, in South Korea its accelerating, and Japan looks lik […]
The rate is set by 18 banks with a spread above the Medium Term Lending Facility. Rates both cut as expected, 10bps sliced off the 1 year and 5bps from the 5 year:&nbs […]
China's monthly benchmark loan prime rates due at 0130GMT Reverse repo and MLF rates have already been lowered. Via Reuters polling: - 38 of 51 expect a 10 bps cut for both the 1-year and 5-year LPR […]
People's Bank of China onshore yuan reference rate PBOC skips OMOs today No RRs mature today ForexLiv […]
USD/JPY GBP/USD AUD/USD … another hefty one USD/CAD NZD/USD EUR/GBP ForexLiv […]
From 46 yesterday OK …. my bad, SK CDC says 82 cases ForexLiv […]
The headline results, the one of immediate note to the market, is the 'seasonally adjusted', posted here: AUD dipped a bit: OK, the 'trend' results, which the Australian Bureau of Statistics says are a better guide: […]
The key headline in the monthly jobs report from ozz Australia is the unemployment rate. Its come in at 5.3% - vs. 5.2% expected - prior of 5.1% The post is here for more: &nbs […]
Australia January labour market report - mixed with u/e up but so is employment, full-time, and the participation rate Employment Change: +13.5K for a beat&nbs […]
Not forex but some terrible news out of Germany Wednesday evening. Police say eight people have been killed shootings in the German city of Hanau authorities are searching for the perpetrators […]
A snippet from Scotia on the Federal Open Market Committee minutes released Wednesday: Good summary yep. ForexLiv […]
