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3:00am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
3:30am CAD Manufacturing PMI
Previous 50.4
4:00am USD ISM Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.7 Previous 52.6
4:00am USD ISM Manufacturing Prices
Forecast 60.6 Previous 59
10:10am AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks
5:00pm JPY BOJ Gov Ueda Speaks
11:00pm EUR Core CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 2.20% Previous 2.20%
11:00pm EUR CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 1.70% Previous 1.70%
1:30am GBP Annual Budget Release
1:30pm AUD GDP q/q
Forecast 0.70% Previous 0.40%
2:15am USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 49K Previous 22K
4:00am USD ISM Services PMI
Forecast 53.5 Previous 53.8
4:30am CAD BOC Gov Macklem Speaks
2:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 215K Previous 212K
6:00am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
2:30am USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.40%
2:30am USD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.00%
2:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 58K Previous 130K
2:30am USD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.30% Previous 0.00%
2:30am USD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.30% Previous 4.30%
4:00am CAD Ivey PMI
Forecast 51.2 Previous 50.9
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Oil and gas prices surged again overnight, driving market fears of energy supplies and the impact on inflation. The Middle East war is only escalating and shipping is under attack from both the US and Iran.
Read more →European and US markets attempted to consolidate positions, following the almost apocalyptic crises in the Middle East, which has been unravelling global markets. Asian markets followed overnight US markets, deep into the abyss, with the South Korean Kospi haemorrhaging more than 15% for the week.
Read more →The escalating war in the Middle East continues to dominate markets. Trump has announced that the war may go on for at least another 4-5 weeks, while the Iran ramp up attacks on US bases and infrastructure, across the Middle East.
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