Morning Roll Call

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    Feb 13, 17 • 2542 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Inflation is the main focus on the economic calendar this week, as is the ECB’s statement and Janet Yellen’s testimony Inflation in: China, the U.K. and the USA. The job numbers in Australia. Janet Yellen’s semi annual testimony of 2017 and...

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    Feb 10, 17 • 2403 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    German exports break records despite the monthly fall, Trump gets ready to meet Abe, currency traders should prepare Despite the latest data from Germany disappointing and missing forecasts, the largest economy in Europe still broke exporting records in 2016....

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    Feb 9, 17 • 2331 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Gold nears a three month high, RBNZ dampens hopes of a rate rises, dollar traders remain confused If anyone has noticed some strange movements in our FX markets over recent months, then you’re not alone. Many analysts and top trading firms’...

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    Feb 8, 17 • 2598 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    DJIA rises to an intraday high on Tuesday, gold reaches a three month high, euro slips as sterling rises Turning negatives into positives is generally part of the unwritten remit of central bank presidents and governors; Draghi, Carney, Yellen, they all excel...

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    Feb 6, 17 • 2152 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Australasian central banks take center stage, during a relatively quiet fundamental data week Whilst the debate regarding the relative inefficiencies and benefits of fundamental analysis versus technical analysis has raged in investment circles for decades,...

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    Feb 3, 17 • 2481 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Super Thursday proves to be not so super for sterling. Non farm payrolls expected to deliver 175k jobs The day was heralded as “Super Thursday” for the UK’s Bank of England. The day when the base rate decision, combined with any adjustment...

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    Feb 2, 17 • 2159 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    The UK’s parliamentary debate helps to lift sterling, whilst the Fed maintains its cautious approach policy Sterling has enjoyed a bounce over the past two days, the debate in the UK’s House of Commons, concerning the eventual safeguards and...

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    Feb 1, 17 • 2808 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    Tuesday’s mixed economic data, combined with political uncertainty, causes dollar to experience its worst January for thirty years and gold to rise There were some surprise data misses published on the economic calendar on Tuesday, starting with prints...

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    Jan 31, 17 • 2450 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    USA equity markets suffer biggest sell off since the November election, European markets slump, whilst the dollar comes under pressure Markets hate uncertainty and political instability always adds fuel to that uncertainty, it took less than ten days since...

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    Jan 30, 17 • 2209 Views • Morning Roll Call Comments Off on MORNING ROLL CALL

    FX; the week ahead will be dominated by politics and central bank decision making Political issues may still prove to be the dominant forces moving the FX markets over coming weeks, over and above the usual flurry of data releases and prescribed economic...