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15.01.26 - 04:18
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U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Euro, Pound (AFX)
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BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - The U.S. dollar climbed against the euro and the pound in the New York session on Wednesday.The greenback climbed to 1.1635 against the euro.The greenback rose to a 2-day high......
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15.01.26 - 04:06
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China Blames Trump For Its Staggering $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus Amid European Howls Of Outrage (ZeroHedge)
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China Blames Trump For Its Staggering $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus Amid European Howls Of Outrage
At the start of December, China stunned the world when it reported that its trade surplus had surpassed a record $1 trillion, with one month still left to go in calendar 2025.
Fast forward to last night when China reported that in December, its trade balance rose from $112 billion in November to a whopping - and the second highest on record - $114.14 billion, matching Bloomberg estimates...
... exports grew 6.6% YoY in dollar terms, more than double the average forecast from a Bloomberg poll of analysts of 3.1% and greater than November's growth rate of 5.9%, while imports rose 5.7% in dollars last month on a year earlier, also far outpacing analyst expectations of 0.9% growth and the previous month's figure of 1.9%.
Adding across, China's full-year trade surplus exceeded $1 trillion for the first time - $1.2 trillion to be precise - blowing away last year's figure of $993bn despite exports ...
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15.01.26 - 04:06
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Oil, Precious Metals Tumble After Report Signaling No Imminent Action Against Iran (ZeroHedge)
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Oil, Precious Metals Tumble After Report Signaling No Imminent Action Against Iran
With traders across the globe refreshing their X accounts every 3 seconds, expecting to see news of imminent "kinetic action" in Iran, what they got instead was a report from NBC which indicated that military action is far from certain, and at best could take days before it is launched.
According to the report which cites multiple anonymous sources - including a U.S. official, two people familiar with the discussions and a person close to the White House - Trump has told his national security team that "he would want any U.S. military action in Iran to deliver a swift and decisive blow to the regime and not spark a sustained war that dragged on for weeks or months."
“If he does something, he wants it to be definitive,” one of the people familiar with the discussions said.
The punchline: Trump's advisers have so far not been able to guarantee to him that the regime would quickly collaps...
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15.01.26 - 04:01
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Trump says he supports Venezuela remaining in OPEC (The Hill)
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President Trump said in an interview on Wednesday that he supports Venezuela staying in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, also known as OPEC. “Well, I think it's better for them if they do it,” Trump told Reuters when asked if he backed the South American country staying in the oil cartel. “I don't know that......
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