Le pétrole a joué le rôle de locomotive dans la manipulation du rally qui dure depuis 4 semaines.  Depuis plusieurs jours, il plafonne incapable    de passer les 40 dolars au WTI; la baisse revient avec le prétexte de la position de l’Iran que l’on connaissait … depuis le premier jour de l’accord entre les  saoudiens et les russes.

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Ventes au détail US:  la médiocrité

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[Bloomberg] Offshore Yuan Declines as China Seen Planning Currency Trade Tax

[Bloomberg] China Drafts Rules for Tobin Tax on Currency Transactions

[Bloomberg] Emerging Currencies Drop With Stocks on Renewed Fed Rate Concern

[Bloomberg] Stanley Fischer and Lael Brainard Are Battling for Yellen’s Soul

[Reuters] Brazil’s largest party closer to backing impeachment after protests

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