4 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Korean Peninsula tensions to weigh on market sentiment as investors await Caixin services PMI
Korean Peninsula tensions to weigh on market sentiment as investors await Caixin services PMI
Geopolitical tensions looked set to remain in the spotlight on Tuesday after North Korea’s recent nuclear test.
4 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – AiG Services PMI August: 53.0 (prior 56.4)
Australia – AiG Services PMI August: 53.0 (prior 56.4)
Australian Industry Group Performance of Manufacturing Index for August
Key points from AiG:
Greater variation in activity across the sub-sectors.
Four of the five activity sub-indexes above 50 points and indicating growth in August
4 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – weekly ANZ / Roy Morgan Consumer confidence: 114.1 (prior 113.5)
Australia – weekly ANZ / Roy Morgan Consumer confidence: 114.1 (prior 113.5)
Consumer sentiment weekly survey
A bit of a bounce after a very poor run (it did have a move higher last week though)
4 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on It Wasn’t Comey’s Decision To Exonerate Hillary – It Was Obama’s
It Wasn’t Comey’s Decision To Exonerate Hillary – It Was Obama’s
Authored by Andrew McCarthy via NationalReview.com,
The thing to understand, what has always been the most important thing to understand, is that Jim Comey was out in front, but he was not calling the shots.
4 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trade ideas thread – Tuesday 5 September 2017
Trade ideas thread – Tuesday 5 September 2017
Good morning, afternoon and evening all. Any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views, ForexLive traders would like to share and discuss with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so:
4 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on More UK data: Manufacturers report rising output and orders
More UK data: Manufacturers report rising output and orders
The highest proportion of British manufacturers in at least 20 years now report rising output and orders
– From a quarterly report from manufacturing association EEF and accountants BDO
The survey’s gauges for orders and output hit their highest levels since records started in 1995
4 September, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on More UK data: Consumer spending +2.9% y/y in August (from +3.5% prior)
More UK data: Consumer spending +2.9% y/y in August (from +3.5% prior)
Data from the credit card firm Barclaycard
Consumer spending +2.9% y/y in August
– In July was +3.5% y/y
– The growth in spending last month was also weaker than the average increase of 3.8 percent so far in 2017
Barclaycard said 54 percent of consumers who took part in a survey it commissioned felt confident in their household finances,