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Please note that all rates shown are midpoint indicative rates.
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12:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast 1.10% Releases 0.50%
12:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 2.40% Releases 2.30%
12:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 2.30% Releases 2.30%
12:30am CAD Common CPI y/y
Forecast 2.60% Releases 2.40%
4:40am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
10:45am NZD CPI q/q
Forecast 0.80% Releases 0.60%
6:00pm GBP Claimant Count Change
Forecast 21.4K Releases 24.7K
6:00pm GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y
Forecast 3.60% Releases 3.90%
12:30am USD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 1.30% Releases 0.50%
12:30am USD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 1.40% Releases 0.60%
2:00am USD Fed Chair-Designate Warsh Testifies
2:00am USD Pending Home Sales m/m
Forecast 0.00% Releases 1.80%
6:00pm GBP CPI y/y
Forecast 3.30% Releases 3.00%
5:30am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
7:15pm EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.5 Releases 50
7:15pm EUR French Flash Services PMI
Forecast 48.5 Releases 48.8
7:30pm EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.3 Releases 52.2
7:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50.4 Releases 50.9
8:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.2 Releases 51
8:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50 Releases 50.5
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 210K Releases 207K
1:45am USD Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 52.5 Releases 52.3
1:45am USD Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50.1 Releases 49.8
6:00pm GBP Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.10% Releases -0.40%
12:30am CAD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.80% Releases 0.80%
12:30am CAD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.90% Releases 1.10%
2:00am USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment
Forecast 48.4 Releases 47.6
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On Friday, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz open and markets roared back to life in response. US equities surged deep into record territory and oil prices collapsed. It appeared that the war in the Middle East was over.
Read more →US equity markets were joined trading at record highs by the Japanese Nikkei, satisfied that the Middle East war is all but over. Trump said as much, reassuring markets that the war was ‘close to over’.
Read more →US equity markets are trading back up towards record highs, brushing off the Middle East conflict, concluding a deal is close. Global markets appear more nervous, watching oil prices and the flow of shipping though the Strait of Hormuz.
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