9 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar sags after downbeat US data, sterling near 1-month low
Dollar sags after downbeat US data, sterling near 1-month low
The dollar sagged against its peers early on Wednesday after downbeat data sapped the momentum it gained from last week’s robust U.S. jobs report.
9 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Delta now blames failed ‘switchgear’ for massive outage
The Wall Street Journal: Delta now blames failed ‘switchgear’ for massive outage
Delta Air Lines Inc.
9 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China Food Inflation Looms As Ag Output Set To Plunge Most In 50 Years Amid Historic ‘La Nina’
China Food Inflation Looms As Ag Output Set To Plunge Most In 50 Years Amid Historic ‘La Nina’
Via Investing In Chinese Stocks blog,
The 2016 La Nina is set to be bigger than 1998 and that was one of the strongest ever. It was a bad hurricane season in the Southeast United States, and the effects of La Nina lasted for more than 2 years, eventually draining natural gas inventories due to colder than normal winters, sending prices to $10 / MMBtu.
China is also concerned due to flooding and the effect on food prices.
9 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan leads mostly lower open in Asia stock markets
Japan leads mostly lower open in Asia stock markets
The Nikkei was down 0.48 percent, while the ASX slipped 0.25 percent. The Kospi bucked the trend to open up 0.12 percent.
9 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Overnight USD weakness getting another leg
Overnight USD weakness getting another leg
Nope, dunno why.
But here is a pic with some arrows on it so you’ll think I know what’s going on 😀
more to come
9 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – Westpac Consumer Confidence (August): +2.0% m/m
Australia – Westpac Consumer Confidence (August): +2.0% m/m
Westpac Consumer Confidence Index for August, up 2% on the month to 101.0
WPAC comments:
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Yesterday we got ANZ’s weekly consumer confidence figure:
9 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on GBP, yen on the move
GBP, yen on the move
Some sharp activity as Tokyo opens and gets active
Cable jumping:
USD/JPY hit lower:
And that’s not all, updates:
EUR up, as is AUD and NZD. Gold higher also.