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12:15am AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks
All Day EUR Italian Bank Holiday
5:30am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous -0.20%
12:30am CAD GDP m/m
Forecast 0.40% Previous -0.10%
2:00am USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 94.2 Previous 93.1
2:00am USD JOLTS Job Openings
Forecast 7.28M Previous 7.62M
9:00pm EUR Core CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.50%
9:00pm EUR CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.20%
All Day CAD Bank Holiday
12:15am USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 118K Previous 122K
1:00am CAD BOC Gov Macklem Speaks
1:00am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
1:00am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
1:00am USD Fed Chairman Warsh Speaks
2:00am USD ISM Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 53.7 Previous 54
2:00am USD ISM Manufacturing Prices
Forecast 79 Previous 82.1
2:30am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
12:30am USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.30%
12:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 114K Previous 172K
12:30am USD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.30% Previous 4.30%
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 20K Previous 215K
8:00pm EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
All Day USD Bank Holiday
3:00am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
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The US/Iran conflict was paused again, before markets opened, for the trading week. Hostilities had erupted, once again over the weekend, as the US responded to Iranian attacks on shipping in the Straits of Hormuz.
Read more →A peace deal appears to have been reached between Israel and Lebanon, further improving conditions in the Middle East and ending the energy crises, at least for now. Markets have calmed, with bond yields and oil prices both tumbling.
Read more →Equity markets brushed off inflationary pressures and moved to trade around record highs. Tech stocks remain under some pressure, as supply line price pressure from inflation, impacts retail. The PCE inflation indicator, jumped to an annualised 4.4%, reflecting the impact of the energy crises.
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