FOMC.....
FOMC statement redline comparison http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-27/hawkish-fed-removes-global-risk-alert-sees-gradual-rate-hikes-appropriate …
US stocks rise as Fed reassures on gradual rate path, economy. Dow ends up 0.3%
FOMC managed to confound mkt participants w/only rhetorical changes in statement.Rate hike expectations barely moved
FED REMOVES REFERENCE TO GLOBAL EVENTS POSING RISKS TO OUTLOOK
FOMC: NO RATE CHG OR BAL OF RISKS; US ECON 'SLOWED'
Markets.....
EUR/USD low of the day at 2.01 p.m @ 1.1270 and high of the day @ 1.1363 at 2.06 p.m sad but algos win again....
Citi expects deeper neg rates for Eurozone & Japan. Sees ECB to cut depo rate to -0.5%, BOJ to cut pol rate to -0.5%
Asia......
10:01:56 PM RTRS - CHINA'S INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY FACES ONGOING STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES - INDUSTRY MINISTRY
10:01:09 PM RTRS - CHINA'S INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY CONTINUES TO FACE DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES - INDUSTRY MINISTRY
DCE raises margin requirement for 5% to 9%, and Daily Price Limit fr 6% to 7% for Coke, Coking Coal futures. Regulating till nobody trades.
@simonting Tangshan city is banning all coke, steel & cement productions for 24 hours starting this noon.
Oil struggles in China's oil patch....
China Item To consider....
TOKYO APRIL OVERALL CONSUMER PRICES FALL 0.4% Y/Y
BOJ Day chart of the day! Ineffectual stimulus, financial activity spurred by increased monetary base at 13-year low
*PBOC URGES UNVEILING OF RULES TO MANAGE LENDINGS COS.: NEWS
Europe Quick Hits......
Reaction to Obama's advice to the UK. Boost for Leave.
One of those granted presidential amnesty in #Macedonia political crisis, Kosta Krpać, found dead in apartment
Austria moving forward with border security plans...
Ukrainian gas bills double in exchange for IMF aid http://on.rt.com/7b7t
Sheets on Greece: IMF position requiring credible program & only joining if there's significant debt relief very much supported by Treasury
#Chouliarakis and institutions conclude meeting on Greece's proposed mechanism
http://www.amna.gr/english/article/13657/Chouliarakis-and-institutions-conclude-meeting-on-Greeces-proposed-mechanism …
Odds & Ends.....
National Intel Dir. believes it reasonable to declassify ’28 pages’ of 9/11 documents | http://ow.ly/4n7nYD
Update: latest @SenTomCotton ploy to blow up #IranDeal fails to get sufficient number of votes to end debate
This is a very interesting development - expect it will be replicated.....
ISIS foreign recruits fall by 90% http://tinyurl.com/h242a2o
Arson plague in Canada ?
Qatar National Bank Suffers Massive Breach #cybersecurity #banking
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/qatar-national-bank-suffers-massive-breach-a-9068 …
UPDATE: Explosion in Turkey’s Bursa, six wounded http://bit.ly/1pFnxH6
German nuclear plant in Bavaria infected with malware, logins compromised http://on.rt.com/7b6j
#Libya UN envoy opposes attempt by eastern government to export oil.
Public Sector employee workweek now 2 days. How long before one day ?
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