After half a day AUDJPY is only 10 pips up not great!

AUDJPY drifts near 4-month peak; turns bias to slightly bullish

With the 129 pips increase in the AUDJPY since the beginning of the month it looks like that China is driving the markets at least with Asia. Even if the US imposes more restrictions and tariffs on its trade with China this should not deter other ...

Markets Bet On The Chinese Growth Story

With the USD gaining value against most currencies is not good for the US economy and will surely result in a few tweets by President Trump.

USD/JPY hits six-week high as positive vibes continue

Excellent idea. Since I won't produce my income tax return by the deadline of midnight today I will surely be fined. Can you organise a fundraising campaign to help me pay the fine but also pay the income tax due?

Why strangers are paying Australian women's debts

China with only a Q1 growth of 6.3% and being the slowest growth in 27 years is still laughing at us since advanced economies can't even consistently attain 3%. No stimulus needed!

China first-quarter GDP growth seen cooling to 6.3 percent, but March may suggest rebound -...

This man is down to earth but his views, although mitigated, should send chills to western leaders. This is because although China's growth has faltered in recent years it's still at least 2-3 times higher than western economies. The result is that ...

China must not assume it will overtake US as top superpower, warns former commerce minister

No matter what the Deutsche Bundesbank states an economy that grows moderately is still growing. Any growth no matter by what percentage is always better than no growth at all or worse a decrease. This is because if the German economy falters for ...

Bundesbank Monthly Report: German Economy Grew Moderately In Q1 -Underlying Growth Trends...

Canada is no different than other advanced economies; every time that there is a national vote it brings uncertainty. What is different is that this is not a national election but only a state election. If it wasn't for oil this election wouldn't ...

CAD Suffers As Alberta Election Creates Unprecedented Political Risk

On a nominal basis no surprise that the IPI and the PPI went up in March because of higher oil prices. On the other hand, because the CHF appreciated at a rate higher than that of oil costs went down. On the other hand real costs went down because ...

Producer and Import Price Index rose by 0.3% in March 2019

What Mr. Jordan doesn't realise is that no matter how low the interest level of the SNB is, the CHF will continue to appreciate because the CHF it's seen as a safe heaven currency. This is because the excesses of the other central banks printing ...

SNB's Jordan Says Option to Lower Rates Remains on Table

The technical analysis in the article is interesting. It saves us from having to do it.

Can positive risk appetite maintain momentum into the new week?

As I stated in my post above, over 2/3 of what Belgium receives from the EU is for administration. No other country receives that much because these countries don't have the EU HQ on its territory. One example of administration expenditure made by ...

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

As you can see over 2/3 of the Belgium's "rebate" is for administration. This is because the EU institutions with the most people and buildings are located in Brussels. So, although the rebate looks high, it's quite normal. After all, since most EU ...

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

I read all the posts of you two because of your level of knowledge, the time you take to research each issue and the analysis

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

The % from Belgium is normal since the European Commission is in Brussels and probably most Belgian staff occupy low grades since it's the same in NATO. On the other hand, it's totally abnormal that the UK would have less staff than Romania. In ...

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

I agree with you. The EU should make France pay for the extra cost. Brussels is not as close to Germany as Strasbourg but it's close enough. Obviously France benefits from having the EU parliament is Strasbourg so it will never let a move happen.

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'