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ECB President Lagarde speaking Wednesday. Villeroy and Knot also.
The European Central Bank meet next week
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Japanese Yen remains depressed amid risk-on mood, downside seems limited
The Japanese Yen (JPY) edges lower against its American counterpart during the Asian session on Wednesday, though it remains close to over a one-month peak touched the previous day.
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Internet cables to Matsu Islands (Taiwan) have been severed
Taiwan government ministry announcement
Politics
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RBNZ Sectoral Factor Inflation Model arrives at 3.1% YoY in Q4 2024
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) published its Sectoral Factor Model Inflation gauge for the fourth quarter of 2024, following the release of the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) by the NZ Stats early Wednesday.
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RBNZ's own preferred inflation model 3.1% y/y for Q4 2024 (prior 3.4%)
The sectoral factor model is the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's own preferred inflation measure
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Japan’s Rengo agrees with BoJ that there is wage hike momentum in regions
With markets fully pricing in an interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) on Friday, the head of Rengo – Japan’s largest national trade union center said Wednesday that he agrees with the BoJ there is wage hike momentum in Japanese regions.
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Japan PM Ishiba will speak this week - to highlight pay hikes
Ishiba to speak on Friday (same day as the Bank of Japan policy decision)
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China's long new year holiday is coming up, PBOC beginning to inject funds
Year of the Snake is about to begin
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WTI tumbles to near $75.50 as Trump plans to boost oil output, impose tariffs
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $75.55 on Wednesday.
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PBOC sets USD/CNY reference rate at 7.1696 vs. 7.1703 previous
On Wednesday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead at 7.1696 as compared to the previous day's fix of 7.1703 and 7.2642 Reuters estimates.
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PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 7.1696 (vs. estimate at 7.2642)
PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.
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Japan's largest union boss agrees with BoJ that there is wage rise momentum
The Bank of Japan is expected to raise short term rate on Friday this week
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Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang warned Tuesday that trade wars end with “no winners”
Spoke Tuesday at Davos' World Economic Forum
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Goldman Sachs on Trump tariffs - "more benign than expected", but some of it hawkish
Hawkish on Canada and Mexico
Politics

PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 7.2642 – Reuters estimate
PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.
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Australian Leading Index shows "more modest momentum"
Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index for December 2024
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UBS CEO sees sticky inflation, tariff risks - "don’t see rates coming down as fast"
UBS on inflation
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New Zealand’s CPI inflation steadies at 2.2% YoY in Q4 vs. 2.1% expected
New Zealand’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.2% QoQ in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024, compared with the 2.2% increase seen in the third quarter, according to the latest data published by Statistics New Zealand on Wednesday.
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Trump announces AI project - Stargate to build infrastructure, beginning immediately
Trump says will make it possible to get the electricity production needed
Politics

Heads up NZD traders - more inflation data is due, from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
RBNZ's own preferred inflation model - the sectoral factor model - is still to come
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New Zealand Q4 2024 CPI slightly higher than expected
+0.5% q/q (expected +0.5%) and +2.2% y/y (expected +2.1%)
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Economic calendar in Asia 22 January 2025
Asian Economic Calendar: Key Events and Consensus Expectations for 22 January 2025
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Trade ideas thread - Wednesday, 22 January, insightful charts, technical analysis, ideas
Join the discussion and stay ahead in the forex market.
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Major US stock indices start the week with solid gains
Dow industrial average rises 1.24%. Russell 2000 surged by 1.85%
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Trump wants an early renegotiation of trade deal with Canada and Mexico
And, Trump wants to wait until he has full trade team before placing tariffs
Politics
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Netflix beats on EPS and revenues. United Airlines beats EPS on Revenues
Earnings after the close
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: US dollar cools despite tariff talk
Forex news for North American trading on Jan 21, 2025
Session wrap
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TRUMP Coin Frenzy Spreads, ETF Filing Attracts Investors
The world of finance and cryptocurrency collided this week as investment managers Rex Shares and Osprey Funds filed paperwork for a series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on digital assets,...
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China's DeepSeek may have just upended the economics of AI
Massive cost drop for a model that's as good as OpenAI o1
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Oracle share spike higher and tilt the bias to the upside.What keeps the buyers in control
The price is back above the 200-hour MA at $168.58. Stay above keeps the buyers in firm control
Stocks

Forex Today: Markets remain focused on Trump’s policies
The US Dollar remained on the defensive, adding to Monday’s pullback as further market chatter around US tariffs failed to underpin the initial bullish bias in the currency.
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Bitcoin Bull Runs and XRP ETF Rumours Swirl Ahead of SEC Leadership Change
As the leadership of the SEC is about to change, the market is reacting.
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Video: Why a trade war just got a bit less likely
I spoke with BNNBloomberg after Trump's inauguration