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- FTSE 100 Eyes Brexit Plan B, Record Chinese Stimulus Raises Alarm Bells January 18, 2019Concerns are continuing to mount over a slowdown in China, while UK assets yet again focus on Brexit.Justin McQueen
- AUD/USD Technical Price Outlook: Aussie Recovery Losing Steam January 18, 2019A rally of more-than 6.6% off the monthly low takes Aussie just below technical resistance. Here are the targets & invalidation levels that matter on the AUD/USD chartsMichael Boutros
- USD/JPY Extends Flash-Crash Rebound, RSI Threatens Bearish Formation January 18, 2019The recent series of higher highs & lows in USD/JPY raises the risk for a larger correction as the exchange rate breaks out of a narrow range.David Song
- Slowing China GDP to Curb AUD/USD Flash-Crash Rebound January 18, 2019Fresh data prints coming out the Asia/Pacific region may drag on AUD/USD as China is expected to grow at the slowest pace since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC).David Song
- DXY Index Inside Day Forming as Risk Appetite Improves, Gold Slips January 18, 2019Across asset classes, including FX, investor demand for high yielding, risk-correlated assets continues to build.Christopher Vecchio, CFA
- Lackluster Canada Consumer Price Index (CPI) to Curb USD/CAD Losses January 18, 2019Updates to Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) may do little to alter the near-term outlook for USD/CAD as the reading is expected to hold steady at 1.7%.David Song
- US Dollar May Rise as Data Shows Consumers’ Mood Has Darkened January 18, 2019The US Dollar may rise, finding support in haven demand as data from the University of Michigan shows consumers’ mood darkened in January.Ilya Spivak
- Can Crude Oil Prices Keep Rising as China Slows? Brexit, ECB Eyed January 18, 2019Crude oil price gains slowed despite OPEC output cuts. The commodity is at risk to slowing Chinese GDP. With US in shutdown, oil eyes Brexit news and ECB for sentiment-linked moves.Daniel Dubrovsky
- Gold Prices Unable to Capitalize on US Dollar Pullback January 18, 2019Gold prices are struggling for direction as the US Dollar shows itself to be the more explicit risk-off asset, trading inversely of Treasury bond yields.Ilya Spivak
- SEK Traders Now Turning Heads Away from Riksdag to Riksbank? January 18, 2019With the end of the gridlock in sight, SEK traders will now have to worry less about the political risk in Sweden and can divert their full attention to the Riksbank’s policy.Dimitri Zabelin
China News
- The weakness in trade goes beyond a tariff war January 18, 2019Economies with surpluses should do more to boost domestic demand
- US stocks extend gain on report of China trade concession January 18, 2019
- Bigger risks to US Treasuries than China playing games January 18, 2019Investors focused on the US-China spat should look at broader market shifts
- Oxford University says two Huawei projects will continue but new grants suspended January 18, 2019The University of Oxford says it will continue two ongoing partnership projects with Huawei but has decided to suspend other new research grants and donations from the Chinese telecoms giant amid growing security concerns about the company. A university spokesman on Friday confirmed a South China Morning Post report that a decision against Huawei had […]Laurie Chen
- Is the US overreacting to the China threat? Yes, but Beijing’s iron grip isn’t helping, says leading Harvard professor January 18, 2019The US is at risk of “overreacting” to the threat from China, a leading Harvard academic has warned, but added that Beijing’s increasingly hard ideological line may be encouraging the more hawkish elements in America. William Kirby, professor of China Studies at Harvard University, warned that Donald Trump’s administration was not consulting “the smartest people” […]Catherine Wong
- Christians in Asia: persecuted, oppressed … but keeping the faith January 18, 2019Christianity in Asia is facing its biggest threat since the rise of communism, experts say, but its faithful masses are proving the religion’s resilience and enduring appeal by embracing underground movements and megachurches. The region may by the “new hotbed of persecution for Christians”, as described by a watchdog group this week, but attacks, oppression […]Charles McDermid
- Peppa Pig trailer strikes a chord with Chinese ahead of Lunar New Year January 18, 2019A trailer for an upcoming film starring Peppa Pig, co-produced by a Chinese company, has taken the country’s social media by storm with its bittersweet story about family bonds. Telling the story of the British cartoon character from the perspective of an old Chinese man living in the remote mountains whose grandson in the city […]Mandy Zuo
- Germany and China set aside differences to stress importance of cooperation in uncertain economic climate January 18, 2019Chinese and German ministers talked up the importance of cooperation at an economic forum on Friday despite the increasing strains between the two sides. Demands from German businesses for a tougher stance towards Beijing and increasing concern about the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies have been a growing source of tension, but Friday’s meeting of […]Keegan Elmer
- With Donald Trump absent, Wang Qishan will seek to make China’s case at World Economic Forum in Davos January 18, 2019There will be no US delegation, French president or British prime minister at Davos next week, but analysts say that will not make Chinese “firefighter” Wang Qishan’s task – delivering Beijing’s message to the world’s political and business elite – any easier. The White House on Thursday cancelled its ministerial-level delegation’s trip to the World […]Liu Zhen
- Trump’s cold war tactics will not work with China January 18, 2019The Chinese will not crumble as the Soviets did in the 1980s
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