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- US Dollar May Resume Rising Trend After FOMC Rate Decision September 22, 2018Recent US Dollar weakness looks like tactical position management, not a change of overall direction. The rising trend may resume after the FOMC rate decision.Ilya Spivak
- GBP: Bullish Sentiment Erased by Brexit Impasse September 22, 2018Sterling came down to earth with a bang as EU leaders roundly rejected UK PM Theresa May’s Chequers proposal, leaving future Brexit negotiations looking precarious.Nick Cawley
- Oil Firms Ahead of Algiers OPEC Meeting That May Set Stage for Q4 September 22, 2018The world has changed since OPEC met last in June including an EM crisis, Trade war escalations, and further oil market tightening that could tilt the outcome of the plan to hike oil output.Tyler Yell, CMT
- JPY Rate Forecast: JPY Bears Eye 113 Level September 22, 2018The Japanese Yen had another soft week, while the fundamental theme alongside the technical set up suggest that the recent weakness is set to continue.Justin McQueen
- Fed, RBNZ Risk Derailing Remarkable New Zealand Dollar Recovery September 21, 2018The remarkable recovery in New Zealand Dollar could be at risk if the RBNZ still leaves the door open to rate cuts as Fed raises them and prepares the markets for the last one this year.Daniel Dubrovsky
- ETF Flows Suggest Bulls see Room to run Despite Lofty Valuations September 21, 2018The week saw cash pour into exchange traded funds that mirror US indices, suggesting investors see more room for stocks to climb.Peter Hanks
- FX Week Ahead: FOMC & RBNZ Rate Decisions, EZ CPI, Canadian GDP September 21, 2018The coming week will lean heavily on central banks directly (rate decisions) or indirectly (inflation and growth data) again.Christopher Vecchio, CFA
- Weekly Technical Perspective on the US Dollar (DXY) Ahead of FOMC September 21, 2018The US Dollar is testing initial support targets after reversing more than 3% off the yearly highs. Here are the key price levels that matter on the DXY weekly chart.Michael Boutros
- GBP/USD: Cable Crushed as Brexit Talks Go Awry, FOMC on Deck September 21, 2018A big week across the FX space is looking to finish in a big way after an outsized reversal has shown in the British Pound. A busy economic calendar awaits for the final week of Q3.James Stanley
- Central Bank Weekly: US Dollar has Next Week’s Fed Hike Priced In September 21, 2018The US Dollar's drop since August 15 has coincided with September hike odds firming up to 100%.Christopher Vecchio, CFA
China News
- Why Chinese students have to start the academic year with a short spell of military service September 22, 2018Every year in September, images of Chinese students from secondary schools and universities dressed in military uniforms marching in formation flood the internet. They are the result of a peculiarly Chinese rite of passage: a week or two of military service to mark the start of the academic year. However, with equal predictability, an annual […]Phoebe Zhang
- US lawmaker Darrell Issa nominated for trade post soon after calling out China at economic forum September 22, 2018The US lawmaker who has been nominated to lead a United States trade agency harshly criticised China at a major economic forum, another sign of the heightening tensions between the world’s largest economies. The rhetoric by Darrell Issa, a California Republican representative who is not running for re-election in November, was considered unexpected even though […]Wendy Wu
- High-speed rail saga exposes sorry state of anti-China paranoia in Hong Kong September 22, 2018So the new high-speed railway connecting Hong Kong to Shenzhen and Guangzhou is finally up and running, billions of dollars over budget and three years late. How important it is for the city’s development through closer integration with the mainland, or how much of a white elephant, depends on whom you ask. But there’s no […]Yonden Lhatoo
- Major hurdles – and rewards – as China and Philippines try to forge deal to share South China Sea resources September 22, 2018Ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to Manila in November, the Philippines and China have taken a major step towards resolving their maritime disputes. Last month, the Philippine government announced the formation of a technical working group to iron out the legality of a resource sharing agreement with China in the South China Sea. […]Richard Heydarian
- ‘There’s hope for him now’: how a poor rural Chinese boy was saved from going blind September 22, 2018Gu Kaiwen always knew something was wrong with his son’s eyes after the child was born four years ago. Xiaolong would stare at lights for long periods of time, and his eyes rolled in a strange way. He constantly fell because he could not walk steadily without the support of an adult, and his face […]Zhuang Pinghui
- Vatican signs historic deal with China on bishop appointments September 22, 2018China and the Vatican have reached a historic agreement on the appointment of Chinese bishops, with Pope Francis recognising seven clerics ordained by Beijing without the approval of the Holy See in a move that could help ease tensions in a decades-old dispute. The Vatican said the “provisional” deal, which is concerned with how bishops […]Jun Mai
- China would be wise to avoid going MAD in the trade war September 22, 2018Now that US President Donald Trump has imposed a 10 per cent tariff on yet another US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports, the US-China trade war has entered a costly new phase. As China follows through on its pledge to retaliate, the casualties will include more than half the bilateral trade between the two, with […]Minxin Pei
- US-China trade war: visit to Washington by Beijing’s top economic adviser Liu He cancelled, source says September 22, 2018A planned visit by Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He to the United States for trade talks has been cancelled, a source said on Saturday – confirming a report by the South China Morning Post – after Beijing said on Friday that Washington needed to “correct its mistakes” regarding its handling of the ongoing tariff war. The […]Zhou Xin, Minnie Chan
- Welcome to Dongguan, seeing a hi-tech and innovative revival in the hub of China’s factory base September 22, 2018[Sponsored Article] Dongguan, one of the most well-known cities in the mainland to build up its economic miracle in the past decades due to its prosperous manufacturing industry, today, is a new key part of the “Chinese Silicon Valley-style tech corridor” as a new economic engine for the country. Dongguan is sitting in the center […]
- China opens embassy in Dominican Republic after it deserts Taiwan September 22, 2018China’s most senior envoy inaugurated a new embassy in the Dominican Republic on Friday after the Caribbean country cut ties with Taiwan in a move that prompted US concern over the island’s dwindling number of allies. Self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own, now has formal relations with only 17 countries, almost all of […]Reuters
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