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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 blowout – "incident is alarming"
<p>On Friday a Boeing 737 MAX 9 suffered a door plug blow out on an Alaska Airlines flight. The depressurized plane, carrying 171 passengers and 6 crew members, returned safely to Portland International Airport with no serious injuries.</p><ul><li> Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 planes on Sunday </li
Japanese markets are closed today, but will reopen tomorrow after latest inflation data
<p>We get the first CPI indications from Japan for December on Tuesday 9 January Asia time, due at </p><ul><li>2330 GMT (Monday evening January 8)</li><li>1830 US Eastern time (Monday evening)</li></ul><p>Further moderation in inflation is expected but the core (in Japan this is excluding food,
ForexLive European FX news wrap: Dollar keeps steadier, equities remain cautious
<p>Headlines:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/dollar-steadier-to-start-the-session-as-risk-stays-guarded-20240108/">Dollar steadier to start the session as risk stays guarded</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/bitcoin-races-higher-as-firms-look-to-
Bitcoin races higher as firms look to undercut each other on ETF fees
<p>For some context, Fidelity is charging a fee of 0.39% and ARK has also dropped their fee to 0.25% just 20 minutes after BlackRock put in their respective filing. BlackRock's fee structure will actually see 0.20% for the first 6 months or $5 billion and then 0.30% after.</p><p>Things are certainly heating up but one can [&h
Gold struggles carry over to the new week, down 1% on the day
<p>Things are really not panning out for gold so far this January, as the precious metal sinks lower in European trading today. It is now down over 1% today and it looks like sellers are leaning towards a push to $2,000 next potentially, if the technicals are anything to go by.</p><p>There's still a trendline support [&hellip
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Equities trim losses but is this just a brief respite?
<p>It was down by about 16 points earlier in the session but has since recovered to near flat levels. That has also seen European indices trim losses as well but it remains to be seen if dip buyers are really showing up with much conviction at the moment.</p><p>We've seen these bounces a few times already […]
France will get below 3% inflation in 1H 2024, says Le Maire
<p>There is that feeling that price pressures might end up becoming fairly sticky at around the 3% mark in Europe, especially after the December numbers <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/france-december-preliminary-cpi-37-vs-38-yy-expected-20240104/" target="_blank" rel="follow">here</a>. Le Mai
Eurozone November retail sales -0.3% vs -0.3% m/m expected
<ul><li>Prior +0.1%; revised to +0.4%</li><li>Retail sales -1.1% vs -1.5% y/y expected</li><li>Prior -1.2%; revised to -0.8%</li></ul><p>The monthly reading matches estimates, although it comes after a positive revision to the October reading. Here is the breakdown of the retail sales for the mo