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2:00am USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 91.9 Previous 92.8
12:00pm JPY BOJ Gov Ueda Speaks
1:30pm AUD CPI m/m
Forecast 0.60% Previous 1.10%
1:30pm AUD CPI y/y
Forecast 4.40% Previous 4.60%
1:30pm AUD Trimmed Mean CPI m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.30%
2:00pm NZD Official Cash Rate
Forecast 2.25% Previous 2.25%
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
3:00pm NZD RBNZ Press Conference
8:00pm EUR ECB Financial Stability Review
2:00pm NZD Annual Budget Release
12:30am USD Core PCE Price Index m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.30%
12:30am USD Prelim GDP q/q
Forecast 2.10% Previous 0.70%
12:30am USD Prelim GDP Price Index q/q
Forecast 3.60% Previous 3.80%
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 210K Previous 209K
2:00am USD New Home Sales
Forecast 661K Previous 682K
3:00am CAD BOC Press Conference
11:30am JPY Tokyo Core CPI y/y
Forecast 1.50% Previous 1.50%
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 0.60%
8:20pm GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
12:30am CAD GDP m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.20%
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Confidence returned to markets, following constructive progress on peace talks in the Middle East and holidays in Europe and the US. It is Memorial Day weekend in the US and Whit Monday, over much of Europe, so a slow start to the week was expected.
Read more →Markets rallied into the weekend, as has been the case, in recent times. Positive news from the Middle East, in terms of a looming peace deal, allowed oil prices to ease to US$95/b. Bond yields also softened, while equities rallied strongly, into the market close.
Read more →President Trump announced that peace negotiations with Iran were in their ‘final stages’. This was enough to sustain confidence in markets, with bond yields settling and equities trading around record highs.
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