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The kiwi is continuing its good form but is there anything more to the run higher? ForexLive Price is trading at over one-month highs at the moment as buyers are looking to […]

Flattish tones observed in early trades – German DAX futures +0.1% – French CAC 40 futures 0.1% – UK FTSE futures -0.1% ForexLive Equities sentiment isn’t really signalling solid risk-on tones for […]

Via Bloomberg The promise/aspiration of China’s $50 bln purchse of US agricultural products has boosted soy beans prices as the demand is expected to ramp up. Pre US-China trade war levels of […]

Daily thread to exchange ideas and to share your thoughts Overnight, we saw the S&P 500 push past the 3,000 level again with futures pointing to a further 0.2% gain currently. That is keeping […]

Cable continues to sit just under the 1.30 handle ForexLive All eyes will be on the pound again today as Boris Johnson heads for yet another showdown in parliament with lawmakers set […]

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals set to hold on to power with a minority government ForexLive With 90% of the polls reported, Trudeau’s Liberals look set to gather ~156 seats with Scheer’s Conservatives taking […]

Comments by the Chinese industry ministry – China will not decouple from the development of international industries – Will closely monitor US entity list – And take appropriate measures to safeguard China’s […]

Is there anything else beyond the withdrawal agreement bill today? If that passes, it doesn’t mean the Brexit drama is over and done with as there are still quite a number of […]

All eyes remain on Brexit today Looking ahead, Brexit headlines will once again dominate proceedings as we move towards a vote on Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement bill. The vote is said to […]

Once we get the final election result its not over yet for Canada.  Coming up today also is the Business Outlook Survey, which is an important input ahead of the Bank of Canada […]

The Canadian election is, so far, seeing a fairly stable Canadain dollar response. The range we’ve had in Asia is no more than about 15 points. Not much more, even less, than […]

Canadian TV (CBC) has tipped a Trudeau win, but has not yet said it’ll be majority government So, it may be a minority goevernment A minority government is assessed as not being so […]

Majority or minority government they don’t call yet  ForexLive Continue Reading:… Search Web: Canadian TV (CBC) projecting a win for incumbent Trudeau government

China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng with remarks that offer some encouragement, but some wariness also.  – Chinese economy is source of confidence for the international community Continue Reading:… Search Web: Some […]

Polls close locally in Canada over the course of coming hours, given the 6 times zones across the connutry. Earlier: And, even earlier (previews etc): As of counting now, with barely 6% […]

Via Bloomberg an interview video with Commerzbank analyst on the yuan – Says still deprecations pressures over the next 2 to 3 years – but in shorter term given positive trade war […]

People’s Bank of China    ForexLive Continue Reading:… Search Web: PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.0668 (vs. yesterday at 7.0680)

EUR/USD USD/JPY AUD/USD ForexLive Continue Reading:… Search Web: FX option expiries for Tuesday October 22 at the 10am NY cut

All the above higher against the USD, NZD leading the pack CAD is likely to see some election impacts, but ,ater as only very few contests are being counted up to now. […]

Japanese markets are closed today for a holiday. USD/JPY on the move though, up to above 108.71, dragging yen crosses up a little also. Apart from what has been posted there is […]

North Korean outlets slammed South Korea over planned test-firings of some of its Hyunmoo missiles and develop new nuclear-powered submarines – said they were "outright provocations"  Continue Reading:… Search Web: North Korea “slammed” […]

A bit of an ICYMI from a GS note, this is not breaking – from overnight news.  Corporate buybacks are "plummeting"  – Data used by GS shows that while Q2 S&P 500 […]

Six time zones?! Polls have closed, at 7pm local time in the eastern most. Polls will close in the westernmost at 0200GMT.  Earlier: ForexLive Continue Reading:… Search Web: Here’s why the Canadian […]

2300GMT and the first polling places in Canada have closed. – On the east coast (west coast polling places will be open for many hours to come) – 7 of 338 seats […]

Trading elections is often fraught, so if you are doing so please take care.  Results from Canada should trickle in from pretty soon. Polls do not close until a few hours time […]

Ongoing weakness in this indicator,  a bit of relief this week  ANZ/Roy Morgan survey ForexLive Continue Reading:… Search Web: Australia data – weekly consumer confidence 111.6 (vs. previous 110.9)

There were plenty of European Central Bank speakers at the IMF meeting over the weekend.  Although there were plenty of speeches, says UBS, the content: Huh …. I’ll have more previews to […]

King spoke at the  International Monetary Fund meeting over the weekend – economists and policy makers seem scared to challenge old ideas – were "sleepwalking" toward the next economic and financial crisis To […]

A snippet via BNZ on the Australian and New Zealand dollars overnight: Also this on the central banks: ForexLive Continue Reading:… Search Web: Key line of resistance for NZD

Japanese markets are closed for a holiday today –  Emperor Naruhito will proclaim his enthronement. (info if you are seeking it) here For FX markets it means less liquidity for longer as Tuesday […]

Forex news for NY trading on October 21, 2019 . Although the UK Speaker of the House Berkow blocked a vote on the UK Prime Minister’s Brexit deal today. However at approximately 1700 GMT, the legislators will […]

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: Continue Reading:… Search […]

A snippet from Citi on Brexit and sterling (bolding is mine) The bank further adds that Speaker Bercow’s turning down of PM Johnson’s vote boosts the prospect of a UK general election/ […]

S&P getting close to all time high The US stocks are closing near the highs for the day. Near the end of the day Softbank said that they would take control of WeWork […]

Sparse indeed for the data agenda during the session. 2230 GMT Australia weekly consumer confidence ANZ/Roy Morgan survey ForexLive Continue Reading:… Search Web: Here is what’s on the economic calendar in Asia […]

The big vote is less than a day away The first vote on the Brexit bill will take place at 1800 GMT on Tuesday, according to House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Moog. […]