Fed Leaves Monetary Policy Steady

The Fed left the target range for its federal funds rate unchanged at 1% to 1.25% and said it will start reducing its $4.5 trillion portfolio relatively soon. The committee considered near-term risks to the economic outlook as roughly balanced although it will closely monitor inflation.

NEWS
Australia Export Prices Fall Less Than Estimated In Q2
China Total Industrial Profits Rise 22.0% YoY In H1 2017
Australia Import Prices Unexpectedly Decline In Q2
Moody’s Changes Kazakhstan’s Rating Outlook To Stable
South Korea Economy Grows 0.6% QoQ In Q2
South Korea GDP Expands 2.7% YoY In Q2
Brazil Slashes Interest Rate By 100 Bps To 9.25%
US Stocks End Higher On Wednesday And Hit New Highs
Brazilian Real Gains 1.1% After 100 Bps Interest Rate Cut
Mexican Peso Gains 1.0% Following Fed Announcement
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Germany GfK Consumer Confidence
Spain Unemployment Rate
Turkey TCMB Interest Rate Decision
US Chicago Fed National Activity Index
US Durable Goods Orders MoM
US Durable Goods Orders Ex Transp MoM
US Initial Jobless Claims
US Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv
Mexico Balance of Trade
US EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change
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France 0.82 0.005 0.01%
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Wheat 483.3117 4.69 0.98%
Cotton 69.02 0.45 -0.65%
Rice 12.2495 0.05 -0.37%
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GDPGDP YoYGDP QoQInterest rateInflation rateJobless rateGov. BudgetDebt/GDPCurrent AccountCurrencyPopulation
185692.10%1.40%1.25%1.60%4.40%-3.20%106.10%-2.60119.89324.30
118861.90%0.60%0.00%1.30%9.30%-1.50%89.20%3.301.17341.01
111996.90%1.70%4.35%1.50%3.97%-3.80%46.20%1.806.741374.62
49391.30%0.30%-0.10%0.40%3.10%-4.50%250.40%3.70111.15126.86
34671.70%0.60%0.00%1.60%3.90%0.80%68.30%8.301.1782.80
26191.70%0.30%0.25%2.60%4.50%-3.00%89.30%-4.401.3165.81
24651.10%0.50%0.00%0.70%9.60%-3.40%96.00%-0.901.1766.99
22646.10%1.50%6.25%1.54%4.90%-3.50%69.50%-0.7064.391299.00
18501.20%0.40%0.00%1.20%11.30%-2.40%132.60%2.601.1760.59
1796-0.40%1.00%9.25%3.00%13.30%-8.90%69.49%-1.303.14206.08
15302.30%0.90%0.75%1.00%6.50%0.10%92.30%-3.301.2536.44
14112.70%0.60%1.25%1.90%3.80%-3.00%38.60%7.001117.9950.80
12830.50%-0.57%9.00%4.40%5.10%-3.70%17.00%1.8059.36146.50
12323.00%0.80%0.00%1.50%18.75%-4.50%99.40%2.201.1746.53
12051.70%0.30%1.50%1.90%5.60%-2.40%41.10%-2.700.8024.13
10462.80%0.70%7.00%6.31%3.30%-2.60%47.90%-2.7017.60122.27
9325.01%-0.34%4.75%4.37%5.33%-2.46%27.90%-1.8013337.00258.70
8585.00%1.40%8.00%10.90%10.50%-1.00%28.30%-3.803.5379.81
7713.20%0.40%0.00%1.10%4.90%0.40%62.30%8.401.1717.08
6601.10%0.30%-0.75%0.20%3.00%0.20%32.60%11.500.958.42
646-0.50%1.20%2.00%-0.40%5.60%-17.30%13.10%-3.903.7531.74
5460.30%1.06%26.25%21.90%9.20%-4.60%54.20%-2.6017.4543.59
5232.60%0.94%1.38%1.00%3.78%-1.40%31.20%13.4030.3423.53
5112.20%0.40%-0.50%1.70%7.20%0.90%41.60%4.708.1710.00
510-18.60%6.80%21.56%741.00%7.30%-11.50%28.20%1.409.9931.03
4704.00%1.10%1.50%1.50%7.10%-2.40%54.40%-0.303.6238.42
4661.60%0.60%0.00%1.60%6.80%-2.60%105.90%-0.401.1711.37
4073.30%1.30%1.50%-0.05%1.32%-2.70%41.20%11.5033.4965.93
405-0.52%-12.92%14.00%16.10%14.20%-1.60%18.60%-1.80304.75185.99
39315.70%18.00%11.00%12.50%-2.10%35.00%6.3032705.0079.70
3862.30%0.70%0.00%1.90%7.60%-1.60%84.60%1.701.178.77
3712.60%0.20%0.50%1.90%4.60%3.10%35.60%4.907.895.26
3493.00%3.90%2.00%1.90%3.69%-3.90%19.10%3.103.679.27
3363.40%3.40%18.75%29.80%12.00%-9.80%85.00%-5.9017.9292.80
3214.30%0.70%1.50%1.90%3.10%4.80%38.40%4.507.817.37
3193.80%0.40%0.10%-0.20%4.50%-2.15%61.90%3.603.568.63
3062.60%0.60%-0.65%0.60%4.30%-0.90%37.80%8.106.345.75
3056.40%1.10%3.00%2.80%5.70%-2.40%42.10%0.2050.65103.90
2972.50%0.40%0.82%0.50%2.20%1.30%112.00%19.001.365.60
2965.60%1.80%3.00%3.60%3.40%-3.20%53.20%1.304.2831.70
2951.00%-0.70%6.75%5.10%27.70%-3.90%51.70%-3.3012.9055.91
2946.10%-2.60%0.00%-0.40%6.30%-0.70%75.40%4.701.174.77
2845.28%4.71%5.75%3.93%5.90%-4.90%66.50%-1.20105.32193.56
2821.10%-0.20%5.75%3.99%9.40%-4.00%47.60%-4.403029.7048.75
2470.10%0.20%2.50%1.70%7.00%-2.20%21.30%-1.40649.6518.19
2372.70%1.20%0.00%0.70%8.90%-1.90%63.60%-1.101.175.50
2217.11%7.05%6.75%5.94%4.10%-4.70%27.20%1.7080.63159.90
2052.80%1.00%0.00%0.90%10.10%-2.00%130.40%0.801.1710.31
2036.17%5.10%6.50%2.54%2.09%-4.60%62.40%4.7022731.0092.70