2 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on BOJ June meeting minutes – recap
BOJ June meeting minutes – recap
the Bank of Japan minutes (June meeting)
Reuters with a recap of
TBH, there isn’t a real lot to say, but thanks to Reuters anyway.
Full Minutes link here
-Meanwhile, the yen is showing some weakness so far this session:
2 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump loses bid for pretrial win in Trump University lawsuit
Trump loses bid for pretrial win in Trump University lawsuit
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s pretrial bid to win a lawsuit brought by Trump University students who said they were defrauded.
2 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan – MoF’s Asakawa says watching the nervous FX moves carefully
Japan – MoF’s Asakawa says watching the nervous FX moves carefully
Masatsugu Asakawa is from Japan’s ministry of Finance
It’s the MoF that will officially instruct the BOj to intervene if that is necessary
And its Asakawa who will officially make the decision
2 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ASB on the NZ employment data – need for further RBNZ OCR cuts
ASB on the NZ employment data – need for further RBNZ OCR cuts
We got partial New Zealand employment data for Q2 (the Household Labour Force Survey has been delayed until August 17)
On what we did get today though, comments from ASB:
2 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: $400 million sent to Iran as U.S. prisoners released, raising questions
The Wall Street Journal: $400 million sent to Iran as U.S. prisoners released, raising questions
The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S.
2 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The House Passes Fixes To Equity Crowdfunding Laws
The House Passes Fixes To Equity Crowdfunding Laws
In the more than two years since the passage of Title II of the JOBS Act, equity crowdfunding with accredited investors has rapidly grown, allowing startups to easily seek funding online with little added costs or hassles.
2 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on July U.S. Auto Sales – The Good, The Bad, & The Downright Ugly
July U.S. Auto Sales – The Good, The Bad, & The Downright Ugly
Ford (-3.0% vs. -0.5 est), GM (-1.9% vs. -1.0 est) and Fiat Chrysler (+0.3% vs. 1.9% est) all posted headline misses on July auto sales with a modest “beat” from Toyota (-1.4% vs -1.9% est) even though its sales were still down YoY. Looking past the headlines, however, the data is even worse. Ford sales to retail customers (i.e.