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At ForexLive, we work in the news business and I make it our mission to deliver news and analysis that can help people make money in financial markets, or at…

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Swiss National Bank Chair Jordan says monetary policy should remained focused on inflation

Swiss National Bank Chair Jordan spoke with Switzerland’s national broadcaster, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF, “Swiss Radio and Television”), saying that in many countries: economic growth is too low productivity…

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Iran says it struck an Israeli miitary base in Nagev

Iran’s IRGC says it has “successfully hit important military targets” of Israeli army and “destroyed them”, according to Iranian press. The Iranian government’s newspaper also said that Tehran successfully targeted…

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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: BIg moves and big angst in the Middle East

University of Michigan consumer sentiment 77.9 vs 79.0 estimate Reports of 30-50 missiles launched from Lebanon at Israel Sen Rubio: “Barring some last-minute development, Iran is going to attack Israel”…

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BoE’s Greene says inflation persistence a greater threat in the UK than the US

Markets now expect the Bank of England will cut rates earlier and by more than the Federal Reserve this year UK services inflation remains much higher than in the US…

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More from BOJ’s Ueda – wanted to move before trend inflation hit 2%

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda: Trend inflation yet to reach 2%, so need to support economy’s momentum toward hitting 2% by maintaining accommodative monetary conditions Want to scrutinise whether trend…

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Cracks in the Canadian economy are widening – CIBC

Canada’s jobs report showed a decline of 2.2K jobs in February, worse than the +25K reading expected. The headline is even worse than it looks when you consider runaway growth…

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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: US dollar jumps on hot NFP and then gives it back

US March non-farm payrolls +303K vs +200K expected Canada March employment -2.2K versus +25K expected US February consumer credit outstanding +14.12B vs +15.0B expected Fed’s Bowman: It is not yet…

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Final February Australian retail sales 0.3% versus 0.3% estimate

Preliminary 0.3% Final retail sales unchanged at 0.3% This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

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Heads up – EU, UK, Switzerland change to daylight saving time this weekend

If you are trading markets in the EU, UK and/or Switzerland note the change of time zones this weekend. Clocks go forward 1 hour in those locations early on Sunday…

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