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Asia Roundup: Dollar index nears 8-month high on Fed rate hike expectations, crude oil declines on Iraq comments, Asian shares trade lower - Monday, October 24th, 2016

Oct 24, 2016 06:26 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Specs boost USD net longs to highest since late January, EUR net shorts most since late July, 109k, JPY net longs lowest since July, 36.9k. Offshore CNY to fresh six-year low vs USD, 6.7842, PBOC...

Americas Roundup: Dollar gains vs euro as December Fed rate hike seen likely, oil up on Russia-OPEC hopes; U.S. rig count jump limits gains-October 22nd, 2016

Oct 21, 2016 23:21 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Feds Williams: Makes sense to raise rates gradually, sooner than later,essentially at full employment. Feds Tarullo: greatest risk to financial stability relates to funding runs, asset sales. ...

Europe Roundup: Sterling range-bound ahead of EU summit, euro hits 7-week low on ECB's policy stance, investors eye Fed Gov Daniel Tarullo’s speech - Friday, October 21st, 2016

Oct 21, 2016 11:41 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD -0.4%, GBP/USD -0.20%, USD/JPY -0.13% DXY +0.25%, DAX +0.05%, Brent +0.35%, Iron +0.57% UK Sept PSNB GBP 10.118 bln m/m vs 10.327 bln previous, 8.2 bln expected UK Sept PSNCR GBP...

Asia Roundup: Euro extends post-ECB Draghi presser-led decline, dollar index hits fresh 7-month high, Asian shares trade in red - Friday, October 21st, 2016

Oct 21, 2016 06:24 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup BoJ Gov Kuroda Clarifies policy on yield curve targeting, curve slope shifts on economy-prices-financial developments view on Policy Board of need for steeper curve, wont target 10-year JGB level,...

Americas Roundup: Euro drops to four-month lows on dovish Draghi comments, oil down 2 pct, strong dollar knocks U.S. crude off 15-month highs-October 21st, 2016

Oct 20, 2016 22:09 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US weekly jobless claims 260k, +13k , 4-week average of claims rises 2.25k. Philly Fed Oct business conditions index +9.7 vs Sept +12.8, new orders 16.3 highest since Nov 14. Philly Fed 6-month...

Europe Roundup: Sterling weighed down by downbeat retail sales, crude oil edges down on profit-taking, markets cautiously await ECB policy decision and Draghi's Presser - Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Oct 20, 2016 11:38 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD tight but heavy ahead of ECB policy decision EUR/USD -0.1%, USD/JPY +0.26%, GBP/USD -0.16% DXY +0.17%, DAX +0.25%, Brent -1.06%, Iron +0.45% UK Brexit Min Davis-Not for the UK to...

Asia Roundup: Aussie slumps below 0.7700 on weaker-than-expected employment data, dollar gains across the board after U.S. presidential debate, investors eye ECB policy outcome - Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Oct 20, 2016 06:20 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Trump declines to say whether he would accept the result of the election if he lost- Washington Post. NY Fed Dudley Reasonably close to inflation-employment objectives, still some slack in labor...

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