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Amidst the trickle of news on China’s more targeted approach to coronavirus restrictions and moves towards reopening, this for example: Beijing and Shenzhen have loosened more Covid-19 restrictions Comes this from over the weekend, carried in Taiwanese media: Chinese President Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with
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The tone of the markets was well set by Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s indication of smaller rate hike in the upcoming FOMC meeting. The biggest reactions were found in treasury yields, which decline was surprisingly steep. US stocks ended higher but upside momentum appeared to be diminishing. Dollar was sold off broadly and closed as
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We’re back to where we started. US markets have completely erased the moves after the strong non-farm payrolls report. The S&P 500 is now down just 5 points to 4071 and on track for a weekly close above 200-day moving average for the first time since April. It’s an impressive performance. More curious is the
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The US has welcomed the USD 60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, describing it as an “important tool” that will benefit emerging markets and low-income economies and further cripple President Vladimir Putin‘s finances used to fund his “brutal invasion” on Ukraine. The European Union reached a deal on Friday for a USD 60-per-barrel price cap
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Yen and Dollar rise broadly in Asian session today while Australian Dollar leads commodity currencies lower. Markets are trading with risk-off sentiment, with deeper selloff in China and Hong Kong markets. Large scale protests were carried out in multiple cities in China over the weekend, and the theme has escalated from anti-lockdown to anti-President Xi
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Yen is apparently the biggest winner against the broadly pressured Dollar. Steep declines in US and European benchmark yield gave the Japanese currency much support. Euro is currently the better performer among European majors. Canadian Dollar clearly lags behind other commodity currencies. The greenback will now look into this non-farm payroll data today, which might
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