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Americas Roundup: Dollar hits June high after data backs further Fed tightening, Wall Street edges lower as tech slide resumes, Oil slides, hits 6-month low on rising global production-June 16th,2017

Jun 15, 2017 21:19 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Initial jobless claims 237k v 242k forecast, 245k -previous. US Jobless claims 4-wk Avg 243k, 242k - previous. US Industrial production MM 0.0% v 0.2% forecast, 1.1% - previous. US NAHB...

Europe Roundup: BoE, SNB stand pat, dollar gains on more Fed rate hike expectations, European shares near 2-month low - Thursday, June 15th, 2017 

Jun 15, 2017 12:37 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD -0.48%, USD/JPY +0.19%, GBP/USD -0.33%, EUR/CHF -0.19% DXY +0.37%, DAX -0.85%, FTSE -0.84%, Brent -0.06%, Gold -0.22% UKs Hammond, saved from purge, set to renew Brexit push UK...

Asia Roundup: Aussie rallies on upbeat employment report, kiwi slumps as GDP growth falls short, dollar consolidates amid U.S. political turmoil - Thursday, June 15th, 2017

Jun 15, 2017 06:26 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Australia May employment, +42.0k vs forecast +10.0k, last +46.2k Australia May full-time employment, +52.1k, last -5.7k Australia May unemployment rate, 5.5% vs forecast 5.7%, last...

Americas Roundup: Dollar bounces back from 7-month lows after Fed lifts rates as expected, Wall Street dips, Treasury yields edge up, Oil sinks to November lows on shock U.S. gasoline build-June 15th, 2017

Jun 14, 2017 21:51 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Fed raises target interest rate to 1.00-1.25%, sees one more rate hike in 2017. US CPI YY, NSA 1.9% v 2.0% forecast, 2.2% -previous. US Core CPI YY, NSA 1.7% v 1.9% forecast, 1.9% --previous. ...

Europe Roundup: Sterling declines following downbeat UK earning data, dollar steadies as Fed rate hike decision looms, European shares rally - Wednesday, June 14th, 2017

Jun 14, 2017 12:18 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD -0.09%, USD/JPY +0.23%, GBP/USD -0.11%, EUR/GBP +0.08% DXY +0.06%, DAX +0.74%, FTSE +0.43%, Brent -1.05%, Gold +0.13% Some dead, at least 50 taken to hospital, as fire engulfs London...

Asia Roundup: Antipodeans gain on mixed Chinese data, dollar range-bound ahead of FOMC decision, markets eye UK employment report - Wednesday, June 14th, 2017

Jun 14, 2017 06:14 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup China May retail sales y/y, +10.7% vs forecast +10.6%, last +10.7% China Jan-May fixed asset inv y/y, +8.6% vsforecast+8.8%, last +8.9% China May industrial output y/y, +6.5% vsforecast+6.3%,...

Americas Roundup: Dollar slips, hits 2-month low vs loonie, Sterling recovers ground, Wall Street up, Oil prices edge up as Saudis limit exports to Asia, U.S-June 14th,2017

Jun 13, 2017 20:20 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US PPI Final demand YY 2.4% v 2.3 forecast, 2.5% -previous. US NFIB Business Optimism 104.5, 104.50 - previous. US Redbook YY 2.1%, 2.5% forecast. Bank of Canadas Poloz: Rate cuts have...

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