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BOJ money market operations and current account deposit (4/2)March 30 (BOJ Financial Markets Department)in billion yen 4/2 Projected Preliminary RevisedBank notes90 0 0Treasury funds and others -610 0 0------------------------------------------------------------------------------Market balance-520 0 0------------------------------------------------------------------------------Subtotal (excluding...Read More

ATHENS, March 30 (Reuters) - Greece will sell 875 millioneuros ($1.08 billion) of six-month treasury bills on April 4 torefinance a maturing issue, debt agency PDMA said on Friday.Athens rolled over six-month T-bills last month, with thepaper priced to yield 1.19 percent.In a rollover, T-bill holders renew their positions insteadof getting paid on the maturing paper they hold.The settlement date o...Read More

BOJ money market operations and current account deposit (3/30)March 30 (BOJ Financial Markets Department)in billion yen 3/30 Projected Preliminary RevisedBank notes -1010 0Treasury funds and others 17601850 0------------------------------------------------------------------------------Market balance17501860 0------------------------------------------------------------------------------Subtotal (ex...Read More

* Trump's unpredictability makes trade war a real risk -Shinohara* Ex-IMF official warns Japan it will face U.S. pressure forFTA* Says U.S. won't listen to Japan calls for multilateralapproachBy Leika KiharaTOKYO, March 30 (Reuters) - Japan will have little choicebut to enter into a bilateral trade deal with the United Statessimilar to one President Donald Trump clinched with South Korea,a former...Read More

ATHENS, March 30 (Reuters) - Greek retail sales by volumerose 1.5 percent in January compared to the same month a yearago after a downwardly revised 1.7 percent increase in December,statistics service ELSTAT said on Friday.Retail sales were led higher by furniture, appliances,books, apparel and footwear, the data showed.Greece's economy grew for a fourth straight quarter inOctober-December, driven...Read More

ZAGREB, March 30 (Reuters) - Croatia's State StatisticsBureau released the following industrial output figures onFriday: INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTFEBJAN FEB 2017Monthly change (pct) 2.2 -1.7 -1.4 Year-on-year change3.3 -0.42.3 NOTE - In the first two months of 2018 Croatia's industrialoutput rose 1.5 percent over the same period last year. (Reporting by Igor IlicEditing by Edmund Blair) 334 053;)) Disclai...Read More

ZAGREB, March 30 (Reuters) - Croatia's central bank issuedthe following 2017 fourth quarter current account details onFriday: Q4 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2016CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE (mln EUR)-674.2 3,880.8-665.9- Goods-1,693.1-2,155.0-1,581.5- Services642.0 5,937.9 701.6 - Primary income -144.7-294.8-173.3 - Secondary income521.6 392.6 387.3 The central bank detailed the balance of payments as follows: CA...Read More

PORT LOUIS, March 30 (Reuters) - The economy of Mauritius isexpected to grow by 3.9 percent this year, down from a previousforecast of 4.0 percent in December, due to an expected slowdownin agriculture and fishing activities, the statistics officesaid on Friday.The Indian Ocean island economy expanded by 3.8 percent in2017, lower than the previous estimate of 3.9 percent.Statistics Mauritius said...Read More

March 30 (Reuters) - Vietnam's crude oil output in 2018 isexpected to fall 14.7 percent from last year to 11.31 millionmetric tonnes, or 227,130 barrels per day, down 14.7 percentfrom last year, the government said Friday.Crude oil production is declining as reserves at offshoreoil fields are running low, the government said in a statement.Crude oil output in the first quarter fell 7.7 percent fro...Read More

ATHENS, March 30 (Reuters) - Data on Greek producer priceinflation in February, released by the country's statisticsservice (ELSTAT) on Friday:**************************************************************KEY FIGURES (in pct) FEB JAN DEC NOV OCTPPI y/y -0.4 1.9 2.1 5.5 3.2PPI m/m -1.3 0.8 0.0 1.4 0.312-month average 3.7 4.7 5.3 5.6 5.0(12 months to Jan)---------------------------------------------...Read More

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March 30 (BOJ Financial Markets Department) - The Bank of Japan announced the following interest rates for Japan's benchmark overnight call money.weighted average rate-0.068 percent highest rate 0.001 percent lowest rate-0.086 percent Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure acc...Read More

March 30 (Reuters) - Italian EU harmonised consumer prices (HICP) rose a preliminary 2.5 percent month-on-month in March, with annual inflation accelerating sharply to 1.1 percent from 0.5 percent in February, data showed on Friday.The HICP was well above the median forecast of +2.1 percent month-on-month, +0.8 percent year-on-year in a Reuters survey of 10 analysts.Official statistics agency ISTA...Read More

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 30 (Reuters) - China's securitiesregulator said on Friday it would issue draft guidelines on theownership structure of securities firms.The China Securities Regulatory Commision (CSRC) told a newsconference that major and controlling shareholders of asecurities firm must be "industry leaders".The regulator also said it would set new rules on whatentities could own...Read More

LJUBLJANA, March 30 (Reuters) - The Slovenian statisticsoffice reported the following economic indicators on Friday:201720162015 General government 0.0 -1.9-2.9 surplus/deficit (pct of GDP)General government +0.01 -0.78 -1.1 surplus/deficit (in billions of euros)General government debt73.678.682.6 (pct of GDP)General government debt (in31.931.832.1 billions of euros) (Reporting by Marja NovakEditi...Read More

ZAGREB, March 30 (Reuters) - Croatia's central bank releasedthe following currency reserves data on Friday: CURRENCY RESERVES (mln EUR)FEBJAN FEB 2017Croatian National Bank*16,062.5 16,227.714,130.3 - Currency and deposits15,704.3 15,869.113,739.3 Commercial banks3,390.83,390.8 3,463.9NOTE - * The overall amount includes both currency anddeposits as well as reserves at the IMF. (Reporting by Igor...Read More

ZAGREB, March 30 (Reuters) - Croatia's central bank releasedthe following money supply figures on Friday: MONEY SUPPLYFEBJAN FEB 2017Reserve money (million HRK) 89,940.6 88,884.373,189.0 M1 money supply 99,342.0 97,146.382,605.6 Broadest money M4304,458.3301,689.9 293,408.0 NOTE - One Croatian kuna equals $0.1659. The central bank hasslightly revised January figures. (Reporting by Igor IlicEditing...Read More

ISTANBUL, March 30 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan saidon Friday Turkey will achieve high econonomic growth in 2018 andwill keep its door "wide open" to international investors."I have bad news for those trying to use exchange rates asbogeymen to scare our people," Erdogan told members of hisruling AK Party. "Turkey will once again thwart the games beingplayed against...Read More

SHANGHAI, March 30 (Reuters) - China's primary money ratesmoved higher this week as demand for cash rose at the quarter'send, and as the central bank drained liquidity from markets fora second consecutive week.At 0745 GMT on Friday, the volume-weighted average rate ofthe benchmark seven-day repo traded in theinterbank market, considered the best indicator of generalliquidity in China, was 3.0717 p...Read More