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Germany February PPI report 20 March

It’s all gone quiet since the Fed and BOE unveiled their latest thoughts 20 March
I needn’t have rushed back really given the distinct lack of action in the last few sessions as traders and algos wait for the next lead.

Two days after Syria claimed it had shot down an Israel jet over its territory on Friday morning, an incident Israel denied even if it admitted violating Syria’s sovereign airspace by engaging in an air raid near Palmyra, the Israeli defense minister threatened to destroy Syrian air defenses after they shot (but allegedly did not down) at Israeli warplanes, which violated Syrian airspace and bombed targets on Syrian soil.

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Reuters out with the results of their latest poll 20 March
– all 32 economists polled see Reserve Bank of New Zealand leaving rates on hold at record 1.75% lows at 23 March meeting.
Markets strangely in limbo after the expected Fed/unexpected BOE outcomes. I should have had another day off.

North Korea’s threat cannot be resolved until there’s a change in direction or a regime change, former US Defense Secretary William Cohen says.

Here’s what’s on the economic data/event calendar for today 20 March 2017
Greetings one and all.
Data wise it’s the usual Monday malaise but we have a few CB talking heads later during the NY session.