This happens every year, without fail. On purpose. At the very last minute a "deal" will be struck, but not without every congressman and senator adding their own pet pork project to the bill so they'll agree to pass it. During GW Bush's first term, ...

Who needs a trade agreement when you can just front run the futures ahead of your tweets, on both sides? Probably a heck of a lot more lucrative.

Must not have gotten the message about the Senate bill that passed backing the Hong Kong protesters. XI not too happy I've heard.

Like the very young ruler.... "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS"! "ON WITH THEIR HEADS"!

China sets the exchange rate nearly every night, so the event isn't a surprise. It's the level of the exchange rate that's making news.

The S&P and Dow futures should be tanking right about now. Instead, the Dow has ticked up about 100 points. I think the PPT signaled that if the yuan went above 7, they would intervene with both barrels blazing. Seems like the markets know this, and ...

From ZH "Meanwhile, WTI Crude futures are soaring 2.5% despite Putin's confirmation that there will be no new oil production cuts...". What Putin really said was "I'll let the Saudis do the dirty work". The black is white, up is down, yes means no ...

Hey Europe, you're next!

You gotta admit, at least he came through with his promise, quickly and gracefully. Not like some of our political figures here in the US, and some followers that "promise" they will leave the US if certain candidates are elected.

"The Bank of Japan will not rule out deepening a cut to negative rates it introduced in February, the Sankei newspaper quoted Governor Haruhiko Kuroda as saying, even as the controversial policy has failed to spur inflation or economic growth". Mr. ...

Rate cut may be fully priced (I don't buy it), but the statement (rationale for the action/inaction) isn't. If GB really wants to show independence, they'd leave the rate alone. CB's are all painting themselves in a corner, and will rationalize (via ...

Rate may be down, but it's still the cleanest shirt in the hamper. Retraced a little more than half the downside pop (AUD/USD). The building approvals number that came out before took out the last wind in their sail. Easy read.

Trading aside, I think the Brits did the right thing, and I think the sentiment will spread. The EU is a mess.

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Yes, after tough negotiations and deliberations, leaving no stone unturned, exhausting all financial remedies, that tried and true solution of kicking the can down the road prevails once again. Something the US is famous for.

I traded the Swissy futures a lot a few years back, it always traded in a set range, and everyone knew this. Instead of the SNB just announcing that the limits are off and crashing a lot of the forex brokers and traders, they should have just ...

CME says the same thing happened back in April, but I could swear this same thing happened a few weeks ago on a Sunday open. CME site says trading should start again at 10 PM ET.