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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:49 am

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Subject: Economic News Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:31 am

Drop of Oil Prices Due to the Hurricane Damages

Oil prices declined on Tuesday as an aftereffect of the Hurricane Irma as it weakened the demand as it counterbalances the restart of the refineries since the Hurricane Harvey. Despite the recovery of the refineries, the repercussion of cyclone Irma was less favorable of favorable for the oil market.

The global benchmark of Brent crude LCOc1 dropped by 35 cents to $53.49 per barrel at 08.47 GMT. On the other hand, the U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 declined by 30 cents at $47.77 a barrel.

The Goldman Sachs forewarned that there is a possibility for the demand to drop by 900,000 barrels per day for the month of September and 300,000 bpd in the succeeding month because of tropical cyclones.

Investors are also monitoring how the weather conditions could affect the inventories. The report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) is anticipated on Tuesday while the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) will publicize the results on Wednesday.

Projections from experts show that the inventory reports of crude stocks will increase by 2.3 million barrels for the week of September 8. Furthermore, the prediction for the refined commodities supply will most likely decline. Despite the present problem in oversupply in oil reserves, oil producing nations particularly the Saudi Arabia and Venezuela and Kazakh counterparts with the probability of extending its lengthen of production output over the March 2018.

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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:19 am

CBA Issued $3 Bonds Despite Money-laundering Allegations

Bonds worth $3 billion was successfully issued by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in the United States amid the money-laundering allegations against the biggest lender in the country.

The bank had it in three-parts and sold more cheaply than anticipated that increased the funds and garnered $5.9 billion orders as reported by the Reuters on Thursday morning. It is separated into three partitions, 10-year bonds worth $700 million, 5-year bonds worth $1.15 billion and 3-year bonds worth $1.15 billion stated by the IFR magazine. Following the sudden increase in the U.S. bond market, the demand surged up with scarcity in high credit rating as it is highly applied for.

During the CBA meeting with the investors last week, they were able to discuss if the money-laundering issue would affect raising of debt. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), a financial intelligence agency of the country, filed a lawsuit against the CBA and faces anti-money and counter terrorism financing laws. At the same time, they are also confronted with a separate examination from two regulatory companies and a possible legal action. The Australian banks lost 9 percent A$14.3 billion or $11.5 billion following the AUSTRAC case.

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Subject: Economic News Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:31 am

Disappointing Chinese Data Weighed on Asian Shares

On Thursday, Asian stocks were partly lower from its 10-year highs as Chinese data showed softer than the expected figures of the markets. On one side, the dollar remained unchanged prior the release of its inflation data later this day.

Fixed-asset investment in China, along with the retail sales and factory output came in lower, underlining some reports that the world’s biggest economy is slowly losing its strength due to rising borrowing costs.

The Aussie dollar is known to a liquid proxy for China-related tradings, but its gains also reduced, reaching 0.3 percent at $0.8006 followed by the robust data on employment.

The shares of MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan, fell by 0.1 percent on the back of reaching its highest in 2007. After the sluggish data, Chinese stocks are currently in an unprofitable financial condition and gave up its earlier gains.

While Nikkei Japan slid by 0.2 percent and the broader TOPIX wiped off its two-year peak along with the weakening of the Japanese yen.

Additionally, KOSPI index of South Korea was up by 0.1 percent while the Australian shares had a 0.2 percent dipped.

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Subject: Economic News Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:08 am

Japanese Firms Expect Positive Economic Growth for US and China

Large number of companies in Japan have optimistic views for the American economy based on Reuters poll. This restored market confidence as they worry about the possible slow down of US growth.

The majority also had issued a positive forecast for the Chinese economy amid the negative outlook of few companies that prospects seem greater than for the US economy.

The poll made by Reuters Corporate showed that 64 percent of Japanese firms believe that the United States will continue to grow within its current momentum, while there are 19 percent who presumed that the country will further expand. The other 17 percent anticipates for a slackening growth. However, many respondents, including the manager, questioned the competence of the Trump administration in managing the main policy issues. The survey is done on August 30 until September 12, this concurred with the upward revision to U.S. GDP for Q2 which appeared to be higher than the strong consumer expenditure and business investment. Moreover, the poll started upon the arrival of Hurricane Harvey on Texas and the survey was finished when Hurricane Irma get into the shores of Florida. Even before the poll was published, experts downgraded forecasts for GDP but economic indicators showed stronger stance which led to further increase.

According to the survey conducted by the Reuters Corporate, there are 59 percent firms in Japan, with direct or indirect transactions with the US, stated that their business plans appeared to be running smoothly. But 33 percent claimed that there is quite delays and sluggishness while the remaining 8 percent are yet to review their plans.
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Subject: Economic News Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:47 am

Australian Economy Will Decline In 2018, Says Evans

According to some readings, Australia’s economic growth may decline in 2018, while the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is planning for a rate hike and this will be the first time in late 2010.

The Westpac-MI Leading Index gauges the domestic and international indicators in speculating the possible outlook of Australian economy within 3-9 months. However, the composite index is down to -0.19% in the previous month and stayed in the negative zone for three consecutive months.

With the -0.19% result may indicate that Australian economy will decrease lower than 2.75%, this is generally known to be the current trend rate of the country. On March 2017, the rate came in at +1.13%.

According to Westpac chief economist, Bill Evans, the latest predictions would affect those who anticipated that the GDP growth for 2017 will reach 3%, the expectant, including the RBA may likely end up disappointed. In spite of the mixed data for this period which may further drag down the headline index, Evans remained unchanged with his views that economic growth of the county will still be lower next year.

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Subject: Economic News Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:57 am

US Federal Reserve Kept Interest Rates On Hold

The biggest crisis within the financial sector was recorded nearly a decade ago, while the Federal Reserve lead the turning point and decided to begin unwinding the stimulus in order to avoid another depression.

Moreover, the US Fed will begin the $4.5 trillion worth of balance sheet reduction in October and initially will start by $10bn each month. According to Fed chair Janet Yellen, the normalization process is expected to be gradual and seems foreseeable.

While US policymakers kept the dollar rates unchanged at 1.25% to 1.5%. The FOMC is projected to increase borrowing costs for the second time in 2017, followed by the anticipated three-time hike in 2018.

During the press conference, J. Yellen confirmed that the central bank has no clue regarding the failure of inflation to return to its target. In addition to, she already anticipated for the short-term damages caused by Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria to the American economy. Yellen still doesn't have any plans for the future as she hasn’t met US President Donald Trump and did not even discussed whether she would pursue to have a second term after her first stint which will end on February 2018.

It appears that investors see the Fed’s decisions as positive, considering the shares moved slightly higher in New York. The American dollar rose amid the weakening of the US government debt. Investors are prepared with the impact of the Fed’s policies against the markets.

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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:14 am

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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:30 am

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Subject: Economic News Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:43 am

NZ Business Confidence Index Plunged After General Election

After the general election in New Zealand, the business confidence in the country has declined to its two-year low which is caused by the fears of manufacturers for a downturn.

Before the voting on September 23, the confidence index fell to zero against 18.3 last month as mentioned by ANZ Bank New Zealand on Tuesday.

More than three months passed after the survey of manufacturing companies issued a pessimistic forecast for business conditions within next year, higher by 2 percent in the earlier poll.

Moreover, the sector has the tendency to cut down hiring while respondents are expecting for a lower salary.

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Subject: Economic News Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:19 pm

Qatar’s Imports Surged in August Despite of Sanctions

Imports of Qatar rose in value as it bounced off abruptly during the month of August compared to the earlier month as stated in the government data on Wednesday. This could mean that the economic impact of sanctions enforced by neighboring Arab nations is ebbing.

Previously imports dropped over a third in value after several countries including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt which severed their diplomatic ties with Doha on June 5. However, this affected the shipping routes to Qatar as it closed the border of its country with Saudi Arabia where food and construction materials are being imported.

However, figures showed a sudden increase of 39.1 percent to 8.68 billion riyals or $2.38 billion last month as reported by the planning and statistics ministry. Although in contrast to the statistics from a year earlier, the imports were 7.8 percent lower exhibiting a big recovery compared to the levels for the month of June and July when it plunged greater than 35 percent last year.

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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:08 am

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Subject: Economic News Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:34 am

Hurricanes to Slow Down US Economic Growth

The American economy improved slightly faster versus its earlier estimate during the Q2, this is the fastest growth recorded after two years. However, the progress could possibly slow down in Q3 brought by the blow of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The GDP rose at an annualized rate at 3.1 percent from the months of April to June, according to the Commerce Department on Thursday.

US economic status in the last quarter was considered the fastest since the Q1 of 2015, after the 1.2 percent progress from January to March. According to economists, the huge storms Harvey and Irma that hit Florida and Texas has the tendency to cutback six-tenths of GDP percentage point in the third quarter.

The home building, home sales, industrial production, and retail sales dropped in August which was mainly blamed to hurricane Harvey. Moreover, the sluggish data is already expected in September due to the so-called ‘monster storm’ Irma. However, recovery plans are predicted to lift growth for the GDP in Q4 and also in 2018 earlier. The indications that show further improvement on business inventory investments could possibly ease down its effect towards the economy.

Other reports on Thursday states that the Commerce Department says, wholesale inventories grew by 1.0 percent for the month of August and 0.6 percent in July subsequently. While retailer’s inventories perked up by 0.7 percent and remained steady in July. On one hand, the department added that goods trade deficit declined to 1.4 percent ($62.9 billion) last month, which led to an upside risk to growth forecast below 2.5 percent for the fourth quarter.

The aftermath of the previous storms Harvey and Irma continue to affect even the labor market which is projected to a weak growth on jobs for the current month. Based on the third readings of the Labor Department, the initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose to 12,000 according to a seasonally adjusted 272,000 for the week until 23rd of September. Furthermore, prices of long-dated U.S. Treasuries traded in a lower rung, and DXY weakened against another group of currencies.

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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:00 am

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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:01 am

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Subject: Company News by ForexMart Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:09 am

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Subject: Economic News Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:32 pm

Politically Impelled Depreciation of New Zealand Dollar

A decline in the local dollar is anticipated as warned by the leader of the small nationalist party which will determine the next government of the country following the uncertain outcome of the general election. The New Zealand dollar dropped to its lowest value since the latter part of May on Monday after the final counting of votes at the weekend which exhibits the opposition of the Labour-Green bloc leading paired against the ruling National party. Although, the National party occupies a greater number of seats.

After the final counting of numbers, there is a market speculation that the New Zealand first leader , WInston Peters, has to receive support from both parties to reach sufficient supporters to oversee the proportional representation system of the country and would be easier to work together along with the center-left Labour-Green bloc, inducing investors to sell their assets in New Zealand.

Peters negotiated with both Labour and National parties on Tuesday. He has previously served the ruling party headed by both political bodies. Once the election has ended, he was anticipated to publicize with the party would he be associated with on October 12. Yet, reports from media say that he was not ready to announce his preferred coalition by Thursday and cannot decide if there will be an announcement on Friday.

The New Zealand currency plunged by 3.7 percent since the election on September 23rd. It reached a four-month low of $0.7052 on Monday then rose the following day traded at $0.7063.

Consequently, exporters will find this news a good event being an export-reliant nation as said by Winston Peters after its meeting with Labour when he was being interrogated about the depreciation of the currency.

The nationalist party supports the arbitration of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in the foreign exchange market and the kiwi is ranked as 11th eleventh in the currency market in 2016. On the other hand, the Labour party supports some revisions in the mandate of the central bank related with inflation. The Labour party has more commonality with the protocols of NZ First and putting more pressure in the market regarding the changes in policies since the National has more control over 10 years. At the same time, both parties also favor the adjustments in immigration, foreign proprietorship, and renegotiation of some trade deals. Peters has not given any decisions but he mentioned that control in foreign ownership will be his focus on most of the talks.

Subject: Economic News Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:16 am

World Bank Cuts Growth Projections in India

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India may decline to 7.0 percent for this year versus 8.6 percent in 2015 due to concerns in demonetization and the Goods and Services Tax (GST). As per the forecast from the World Bank, controlled private investment brought by internal bottlenecks could impose downside pressure towards India’s potential growth.

On Wednesday, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had revised lower the country's growth outlook at 6.7 percent in the current, this shows 0.5 percentage point lower than the two previous forecast and weaker than the 6.8 percent by China.

As indicated in the biannual economic update from South Asia Economic Focus, the economic development of India was greatly affected by the issues regarding the withdrawn banknotes and risks involving the GST. Therefore, resulting to an expected slow growth.

The growth could increase by 7.3 percent next year through implementing fair policies in balancing public expenditure with private investment. It is projected that sustained growth could lead to further poverty alleviation and more attention is necessary to help the informal economy gain benefits, according to a report issued prior the annual meeting of the World Bank and the IMF.

Moreover, the reduction on India’s economic growth also weighed down to South Asia, which resulted to a tip over the second rank followed by the East Asia and the Pacific.

On the other hand, both public and private expenditure have faster pace after the approval of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (7th CPC). And also because of the recovery in the rural demand subsequent to the agricultural impetus and normal monsoon. Meanwhile, the aggregate demand decline as public investment begin to weaken.

The bank mentioned that GST is forecasted to stall economic progress earlier next year, however, there is a tendency that momentum may raise. There are indications that shows manufacturing, post-GST and services could possibly decrease sharply.

The economic activity could sustain within a quarter in stabilizing the GDP rate at 7.0 percent in 2018.

Subject: Economic News Fri Oct 13, 2017 8:38 am

Finance Minister Le Maire Confident for Optimistic French Economy

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is present in the conference with central bankers and Group of 20 finance ministers led by the International Monetary Fund. He met with JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday. During the meeting held in Washington, Le Maire told officials his confidence towards the expected economic performance of France. Considering the determined behavior of Macron administration in implementing reforms. According to Le Maire, the main purpose of President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership is to give France a new and improved economy. There are different projections about French GDP but currently predicted to increase by 1.7 percent in 2017, which indicates the country’s strongest development after six years.

The French Ministry of the Economy and Finance reported the continuous expansion with the same pace in 2018, however, the Finance Minister stated that it could possibly jump beyond official outlook.

After Macron’s five months in the position, he successfully put into effect complex labor laws reform which enables companies to have more flexible environment working period and implementation of job cuts. Moreover, the French leader began to discuss with associations and corporate groups the intention to revamp employee training and unemployment-insurance system.

The government also prepared the national budget for 2018 that will reduce taxes and public expenditures, Le Maire said.

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Subject: Economic News Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:51 am

ECB Asset Purchases Refused by the Court of Germany

The appeal for an injunction to prevent the Bundesbank in participation to the asset purchase program of the European Central Bank has been turned down by the Constitutional court of Germany, according to the recent statement of the court. The program is worth 2.3 trillion euro or $2.7 trillion.

As observed previously, the German court was reticent when it comes to the asset purchases in the past. The ruling is now left in the hands of the European Court of Justice which has sided with the ECB when bond buying was put into question.

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Subject: Economic News Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:39 am

Fed Sees Modest to Moderate Growth in US Economy

The American economy had a modest to moderate pace of expansion in September until earlier in October. This occurred amid the hurricanes that hit the some U.S. regions, while the Fed stated that the latest readings of the US economy were issued yesterday, but still showed several hints of rising inflation.

Moreover, the Federal Reserve said that the surge of hurricanes Harvey and Irma happened during the polling period which might have an unfavorable effect towards the economic growth in third quarter. As the report shows three out 12 Fed’s districts, including Atlanta, Dallas, and Richmond, suffered from major disaster from the storms. The Fed Reserve of Dallas, particularly, Houston, was badly affected and did not anticipate for a critical disruption in the long-term.

Moreover, the report further underlined the Fed’s major issue which is the insufficient evidence for the increasing inflation amid the need of finding competent laborers.

Excess demands were very drastic in healthcare and service positions, construction, skilled manufacturing, and transportation. Hence, these shortages constrain the growth of the business, according to the Fed. Nevertheless, it failed to lift wages higher and further resulted in slight changes in the overall selling prices in some regions, indicating an increase in manufacturing input costs.

As for the Fed, there is nothing new about rumors on strong economic development and employment, however, there are widespread price pressures that followed which triggered probability that inflation will be fixed at the low level as the policymakers did not understand clearly the reasons behind.

The current target inflation of the Fed downgraded to 1.3 percent versus the initial objective at 2 percent. On the other hand, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is expecting inflation to bounce back while the central bank is in the process of raising interest rates again by the end of the year.

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Subject: Economic News Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:20 am

World Economy’s Best Performance in Ten Years Boosted by China

The strong economic development of China boosted the global economy that has been perking up on its most excellent performance in 10 years. The world’s second-largest economy announced on Thursday the expansion of 6.8 percent during the third quarter, after central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan contemplated about the 7 percent pace for the second half over the weekend. Moreover, due to hints about the prospect of a sharp decline in 2018 could fade away, the economists of Goldman Sachs upgraded their projection by 6.5 percent increase next year.
Indications of growth were clearly seen in Asia on Thursday, as the central bank of South Korea further raise its economic growth outlook for the current year, and exports from Japan attained double digits for three months straight in September, while the unemployment rate in Australia reduced surprisingly. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lifted its forecast for the United States, China, Europe, and Japan, stating that the global economy is performing at its fastest pace in a decade.

The Washington-based IMF predicted the world economy will expand by 3.6 percent in 2017 and 3.7 percent in 2018, showing growth of 0.1 percentage point against the earlier estimate, with the Asian region contributed 63.3 percent for the development.

The renewal of China’s import demand became the major support throughout Asia, coupled with the strong recovery in Asian exports to EU and US that made an upswing around the globe, according to chief Asia-Pacific economist Klaus Baader from Société Générale SA.

Also, Zhou mentioned that the impetus for China’s acceleration in the second half is derived from the household consumption which was indicated in the statistics issued yesterday. While the retail sales grew by 10.3 percent last month earlier this year. Aside from consumption, the Chinese data includes government expenditure that provided 64.5 percent growth from Q1 to Q3 of 2017 which shows 2.8 percentage points higher versus the same period in 2016.

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