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U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perrey said he believed that the US sanctions against Iran would be reinstated and that the decline in global oil supply would be compensated by the increase in Saudi Arabia and Russia's production. Russia's Energy Minister Aleksander Novak said that if OPEC members fail to agree on a 1 million barrel/day production increase, they will increase oil production by 200,000 barrels/day in the second half of the year, while Russian oil companies will increase their producti…
EURusd overview
Yesterday, 1 described in the United States.The quarterly growth rate was revised downwards according to previous calculations, while some fed/FOMC members ' speeches after data will be followed. St. George'sLouis Fed Chairman James Bullard: rapid interest rates will harm the economy, while Atlanta Fed Chairman Raphael Bostic: trade Wars concern, the rapid increase in interest rates can cause the goal to be exceeded, he warned. The leading CPI figures announced in Germany yesterday mostly fell b…
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The announcements before the OPEC meeting in Vienna today continue at Full Speed. Ecuador's Oil Minister Carlos Perez said the global supply agreement is already approaching. OPEC and its partners, as claimed, do not expect them to take a decision to increase daily oil production by 1 million barrels Perez, 600 thousand barrels per day of production seems more likely to increase. The Nigerian petroleum minister said he hoped a consensus would be made today on the production decision, while he ho…
EURusd overview
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's comments on monetary expansion and interest rates yesterday, after the pigeon-toned statements worth losing Euro assets today continued to be suppressed after the ECB authorities announced. According to the statements, the President of the Central Bank of Austria and ECB Board Member Ewald Nowotny was the second president of the year 2019.the euro's depreciation against the dollar attached to the Fed's interest policy while he said he had not seen a…
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Today Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, said that they needed monetary expansion and that they needed to be patient for the first interest rate hike. On the other hand, the failure of German coalition partners to agree on the issue of immigrants is one of the key issues that put pressure on euro assets as well as the question of whether the coalition is deteriorating on the market side. In addition, economically problematic countries such as Italy and Spain are among the fact…
Japan's ageing citizenry and its effects on policy
by William Pesek available on The Japan Times
As Kuroda struggles to drive the economy toward inflation, he’s running into a roadblock
35 million people deep. Japan’s 65-plus generation isn’t buying homes, cars, Sony
PlayStations or lavishing fixed incomes on fashion, pricey meals and travel.
(...)
The question is how Japan pays its growing debt with fewer people after that? (...) Japan’s
hopes of creating a productivity generation will require a policy revolution Abe has so far
avoided. A socie
… 35 million people deep. Japan’s 65-plus generation isn’t buying homes, cars, Sony
PlayStations or lavishing fixed incomes on fashion, pricey meals and travel.
(...)
The question is how Japan pays its growing debt with fewer people after that? (...) Japan’s
hopes of creating a productivity generation will require a policy revolution Abe has so far
avoided. A socie
Scope for consolidation with bearish tilt
Currency Pair:Usd/Jpy
Indicators: technical patterns and Sma50(red)+ Sma200 (blue)
Current price: 117.73
Trend: uptrend
Possible trading range:113-120.75
Signals: At first glance on the daily chart we can see a bearish signal coming from a double top ( neckline-115.83) which needs one more leg down until 116 to be taken seriously into consideration. Another worrying sign for bulls is the presence of the price just below the SMA 50.
Fundamentals: Lately the japanese yen has continued to see some …
Indicators: technical patterns and Sma50(red)+ Sma200 (blue)
Current price: 117.73
Trend: uptrend
Possible trading range:113-120.75
Signals: At first glance on the daily chart we can see a bearish signal coming from a double top ( neckline-115.83) which needs one more leg down until 116 to be taken seriously into consideration. Another worrying sign for bulls is the presence of the price just below the SMA 50.
Fundamentals: Lately the japanese yen has continued to see some …
Why it is time to bet big on Japan
Will Japan finally get out of its two decade slump?
I have heard that Japan is finally “recovering” from the very beginning of my career. Clearly all those instances have been false starts but this time there are some key differences.
The year of 1984 was a time where Japan was still economically dominant – remember all the textbooks written about Japan’s economic miracle? But Alphaville’s great song also includes the apt lyric “Here’s my comeback on the road again”.
Will the Abenomics “comebac…
I have heard that Japan is finally “recovering” from the very beginning of my career. Clearly all those instances have been false starts but this time there are some key differences.
The year of 1984 was a time where Japan was still economically dominant – remember all the textbooks written about Japan’s economic miracle? But Alphaville’s great song also includes the apt lyric “Here’s my comeback on the road again”.
Will the Abenomics “comebac…
Abe reportedly to announce tax hike decision Oct. 2
According to a government source, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe won’t announce his decision on whether to raise the consumption tax until October 2. He will take into account the results of the next Bank of Japan “tankan” business sentiment survey.Abe said Tuesday that he wants to look at the tankan, due out Oct. 1, as “the last economic indicator” before making up his mind in “early October,” according to economic and fiscal policy minister Akira AmariThe current plan is that the 5% sales tax would be…
When will we actually believe in a recovery?
There was some very interesting response after the latest upbeat UK figures. The problem with judging a recovery is that you can’t confirm it until many months later when you can look back and say, “yep, that’s a recovery”. If a few figures start slipping early on then the fear creeps back in that the good run was temporary, the problems seem as bad as ever, and we’re all doomed….again, and so on. What are we supposed to do then? Do we fade the good figures if we believe that they will rever…