Prior 51.5Manufacturing PMI 45.6 vs 46.6 expectedPrior 46.1Composite PMI 51.4 vs 50.7 expectedPrior 50.3The services print is a 11-month high while the manufacturing print is a 4-month low. But at the balance, the Eurozone economy is seen expanding at its quickest...
Euro nudges higher as ECB gets some room to work with
This was the sort of recovery nobody saw coming for the euro area. A major rebound in services activity is dragging the region out of the mud, with the French economy stabilising in April while the German economy expanded for the first time in ten months. The euro has...
Germany April flash manufacturing PMI 42.2 vs 42.8 expected
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ECB’s de Guindos: Barring any surprises, June rate cut is a ‘fait accompli’
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France April flash services PMI 50.5 vs 48.9 expected
Prior 47.8Manufacturing PMI 44.9 vs 46.9 expectedPrior 46.2Composite PMI 49.9 vs 48.8 expectedPrior 48.3The French economy nears stabilisation in April but it is a tale of two halves for the most part. While the services sector has returned to growth, the...
European equities stick with a more positive mood to start the day
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Gold stays in retreat mode, down 1% on the day
The recent geopolitical tensions was a good reason for stocks to come off the boil. And now that the fears are abating, it is also providing a good reason for gold to also let out some of the steam. Gold made some attempts to top $2,400 earlier this month but failed...
Japan lawmaker says authorities could intervene to support yen at any time
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GBPUSD Technical Analysis – Key levels in sight
USDThe Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected at the last meeting with basically no change to the statement. The Dot Plot still showed three rate cuts for 2024 and the economic projections were upgraded with growth and inflation higher and the unemployment rate...
China is to revise statistics law in order to combat data fraud
Amid skepticism on the reliability of its data, China is said to be revising its statistics law to prevent persistent data fraud. The draft of the amended law has been submitted to the standing committee of the National People's Congress for discussions.It is said...
Japan underlying inflation measures slowed in March – BOJ
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PMI data comes into focus in trading today
For a moment in US trading yesterday, there was a concern that risk trades would've faltered. But at the end of the day, the more optimistic mood was salvaged as stocks ended the day higher. In continuing with that, we're seeing gold slide back further today to hit...
Japan huffs and puffs but it isn’t taking USD/JPY down
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China finance ministry has said it is in favor of the PBOC resuming trading Treasury bonds
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China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers
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ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Gold continues its slide
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US drafting sanctions threaten to cut some Chinese banks off from global financial system
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Goldman Sachs revised forecasts for USD/JPY
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Gold has another leg down, continuing its fall
Gold had its biggest intraday drop in nearly two years on Monday, and its not looking much better during the Asian session:There is no fresh news apart from what has been posted (not that any of it has much relevance to gold).It bounced from trading just under 2300,...
FX option expiries for 23 April 10am New York cut
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