Markets & Market Moving News....
PBOC Fixes Yuan Reference Rate At 6.6211 (prev 6.6273)
Current standing in Asia: Nikkei (+0.7%), ASX 200 (+0.4%), KOSPI (+0.1%), TAIEX (+0.5%)..... Happy Friday!!!
BoJ Offer To Buy JPY 1.25tln Worth OF JGBs From Market
U.S. stocks end higher as oil prices climb http://on.mktw.net/2bwGupX
Crude 'Crashes' Up To Bull Market, Dollar Dumps To Brexit Lows http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-18/crude-crashes-bull-market-dollar-dumps-brexit-lows …
Frontrunning: August 18
US Bonds steady today....
Heck of a bounce off the low point...
Morgan Stanley forecasts Pemex's oil production to fall 700k barrels by 2020: http://tinyurl.com/zsqssrg @Pemex @ArriojaJoseE @MorganStanley
#SaudiArabia Crude and Refined-Product Exports Hit Seasonal Record http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-18/saudi-arabia-s-oil-exports-at-three-month-high-as-output-climbs … w/ @WaelMahdi #oil #OOT
Spanish Politics....
1. Spanish Papers Furious At Rajoy
Ciudadanos leader Rivera says caretaker PM Rajoy agreed to sign anti-corruption pact, policy talks w/PP to begin Fri
Before walking off, Rajoy brushed off several questions on the specifics of what he has or has not just agreed to with Rivera.
#Spain’s public debt hits record high in Jun, Debt to GDP ratio highest level since 1909. http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/08/17/inenglish/1471429432_840729.html?id_externo_rsoc=TW_CC …
Greece.....
Hotel Rates on Refugee Islands Slashed by Half for Tourists http://dlvr.it/M3w0mJ #Greece
Greek-Turkish PMs Discuss Refugees, Energy, Future Matters in Phone Call http://dlvr.it/M3w0jJ #Greece
Greece ranks last in terms of viability http://dlvr.it/M3tqXP
Greek TV License Bidding to be Held on August 30 http://dlvr.it/M3slcD #Greece
Greek primary cash surplus to July falls to 2.4 bln, including arrears repayment of 1.1 bln https://shar.es/1waCiE #Greece #economy
#Greece confirms to have receive #Turkey's official request for extradition of 8 officers - their asylum request to be examined tom/ow Aug19
Turkey.....
President Erdogan says he made a personal request to President Obama re : Gulen extradition.
#Turkey's ruling party offers last minute amendment to the bill, giving president powers to appoint & sack university rectors at his will.
Another #Gulen-inspired school, seized by gov't unlawfully, was turned into religious school for girls in Istanbul
Aegean Sea migrant crossings see hike after Turkey’s coup attempt http://bit.ly/2bq5x0u
Something to keep am eye on..
October looms...
LATEST — 11 putschist soldiers who tried to assassinate President Erdoğan at hotel he was staying before the coup attempt have been arrested
#BREAKING Turkey to confiscate assets of 187 Gulen-linked businessmen: report
BREAKING: 27 killed in car bombings near police headquarters in Elazig, Turkey
Turkey asks schools, libraries to destroy books published by 29 printing houses, copies of 15 magazines and 45 daily newspapers.
Odds & Ends.....
Remember when Saudi Arabia admitted it had created ISIS? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/876a971c-0644-11e6-a70d-4e39ac32c284.html …
U.S. says publicly for first time that payment to Iran was leverage for prisoners' release: http://reut.rs/2b5aBna
‘Negotiate with ISIS’ comment a ‘major mistake’ by Owen Smith (Op-Edge) http://on.rt.com/7n05
China pools and exchanges seen as being particularly at risk.
NEW! #Syria SITREP from ISW and @SyriaDirect. #Russia airstrikes out of #Iran+Manbij falls. http://bit.ly/2bgcAbQ
JUST IN: MSF evacuating from 6 north Yemen hospitals due to "indiscriminate bombings and unreliable reassurances from Saudi-led coalition
Ominous...
Talk continues that hack is the work of a mole inside NSA...
Third part of an amazing series..
No, the US is not moving nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania. (1/5)
*UKRAINE DOESN'T RULE OUT FULL-SCALE WAR WITH RUSSIA: POROSHENKO
#Libya Head of eastern central bank quits board of sovereign wealth fund (LIA) in protest at arrest of chairman. https://www.libyaherald.com/2016/08/15/eastern-cbl-governor-hibri-resigns-from-lia-board-of-trustees-in-protest/ …
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