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Federal Reserve speakers Thursday include Williams, Barkin, Collins, Bostic
We'll be getting responses to the sticky high inflation data from this lot today, or at least from some of them.times are GMT / US Eastern time 1245 / 0845 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams speaks before the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York...
Japan chief cabinet secretary: Won’t rule out any steps to respond to excessive FX move
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Morgan Stanley & Goldman Sachs have both lifted their forecasts for China economic growth
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Refresher on the bind the PBoC is in on the weak yuan -don’t want to trigger a crash
I posted way back in January on the tight spot the People's Bank of China finds itself in:destabilizing CNY dynamics could tip a slow burn economic slowdown into financial meltdown that triggers a crashThat was in the context of the PBoC holding back on stimulus, but...
China March CPI -1% m/m (-0.5% expected)
China inflation data for March 2025.CPI -1.0% m/mexpected -0.5%, prior +1.0%CPI 0.1% y/yexpected +0.4%, prior +0.7%PPI -0.1% m/mprior -0.2%PPI -2.8% y/yexpected -2.8%, prior -2.7%-Meanwhile, stocks in China have opened lower, following on from the drop on Wall Street...
PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.0968 (vs. estimate at 7.2622)
The People's Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead.USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading...
Wall Street Journal fed insider: Fed Rate Cuts Are Now a Matter of If, Not Just When
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More from Japan finance minister Suzuki : Forex levels are basically determined by markets
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Australian consumer inflation expectations have jumped higher in April to 4.6% (from 4.3%)
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Japan finance minister Suzuki trying to talk up the yen now – verbal intervention
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Still a chance of a June rate cut – but from the European Central Bank
The European Central Bank is expected to hold rates steady at its meeting today, Thursday, 11 April 2024. The Bank is expected to signal a June rate cut, owing to the rapid fall in inflation and ongoing economic weakness. Deutsche Bank:"June feels like a compromise...
Japanese Government Bond yields jump higher, highest since November
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PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 7.2622 – Reuters estimate
People's Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate is due around 0115 GMT.The People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). The PBOC follows a managed floating exchange rate...
Asia Development Bank raises China growth forecast for 2024 to 4.8% (from 4.5%)
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China’s Auto Exports Set Monthly Record in March
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Atlanta Federal Reserve says Sticky Price Consumer Price Index +5% yy in March (prior +4%)
From the 'FRED' research at St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, conveying research from the Atlanta Fed:Sticky price CPI (slow-to-change consumer prices) rose 5.0% on an annualized basis in March, following a 4.0% increase in FebruaryDown from its peak, sure, but rising...
Japan’s Kanda says prepared to necessary steps on rapid yen fall
Japan's Finance Ministry's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Kanda. He is the official who will instruct the BOJ to intervene, when he judges it necessary. Often referred to as Japan's 'top currency diplomat'. Recent yen moves are rapidWon't rule out any...
Responses to CPI saying its in components the Fed cannot control with rates are misguided
OK folks, you'll be reading so many responses to the rising US CPI saying its in components the Fed cannot control with rates. The basic objection to the higher CPI is that its in components that the Fed can do nothing about. So the Fed should still cut because rates...
US SEC targeting another crypto platform, Uniswap Labs facing potential enforcement action
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