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10:45am NZD Trade Balance
Forecast 250M Previous 800M
All Day JPY Bank Holiday
11:01am GBP Rightmove HPI m/m
Previous -0.60%
1:00pm CNY 1-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.00%
1:00pm CNY 5-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 3.50% Previous 3.50%
6:00pm EUR German PPI m/m
Forecast -0.20% Previous 0.30%
Tentative CNY Foreign Direct Investment ytd/y
Previous -8.60%
12:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast -0.20% Previous 1.00%
12:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 2.10% Previous 2.10%
12:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 2.00% Previous 2.00%
12:30am CAD Common CPI y/y
Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.70%
12:30am CAD Core CPI m/m
Previous 0.60%
2:00am USD CB Leading Index m/m
Forecast -0.10% Previous 0.10%
10:45am NZD CPI q/q
Forecast 1.50% Previous 0.90%
6:00pm GBP Claimant Count Change
Forecast 28.3K Previous 31.2K
6:00pm GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y
Forecast 4.50% Previous 4.40%
6:00pm GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing
Forecast 18.2B Previous 23.3B
6:00pm GBP Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.90% Previous 4.90%
9:00pm EUR ZEW Economic Sentiment
Forecast 11.5 Previous 9.5
9:00pm EUR German ZEW Economic Sentiment
Forecast 15.7 Previous 10.5
11:30pm EUR German Buba President Nagel Speaks
12:15am USD ADP Weekly Employment Change
Previous 19.8K
Tentative NZD GDT Price Index
Previous -4.90%
8:30am USD API Weekly Statistical Bulletin
11:50am JPY Trade Balance
Forecast -0.54T Previous -0.09T
12:30pm AUD MI Leading Index m/m
Previous 0.00%
3:00pm NZD Credit Card Spending y/y
Previous 5.10%
6:00pm GBP CPI y/y
Forecast 2.70% Previous 2.80%
6:00pm GBP Core CPI y/y
Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.60%
6:00pm GBP PPI Input m/m
Forecast -0.60% Previous 0.20%
6:00pm GBP PPI Output m/m
Forecast -0.30% Previous 0.50%
6:00pm GBP RPI y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.10%
8:30pm GBP HPI y/y
Forecast 3.90% Previous 3.80%
2:30am USD Crude Oil Inventories
Previous -1.7M
1:30pm AUD Employment Change
Forecast 15.2K Previous 40.3K
1:30pm AUD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.40% Previous 4.40%
10:00pm GBP CBI Industrial Order Expectations
Forecast -40 Previous -45
12:15am EUR Main Refinancing Rate
Forecast 2.40% Previous 2.40%
12:15am EUR Monetary Policy Statement
12:30am CAD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 1.40% Previous 0.10%
12:30am CAD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 1.00% Previous 0.50%
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 211K Previous 208K
12:45am EUR ECB Press Conference
1:00am CNY CB Leading Index m/m
Previous -0.10%
2:00am EUR Consumer Confidence
Forecast -17 Previous -18
2:30am USD Natural Gas Storage
Previous 41B
Tentative USD Treasury Currency Report
11:00am AUD Flash Manufacturing PMI
Previous 51.5
11:00am AUD Flash Services PMI
Previous 50.5
11:01am GBP GfK Consumer Confidence
Forecast -21 Previous -23
11:30am JPY National Core CPI y/y
Forecast 1.60% Previous 1.40%
12:30pm JPY Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 55 Previous 54.8
6:00pm EUR German GfK Consumer Climate
Forecast -28.5 Previous -29.2
6:00pm GBP Retail Sales m/m
Forecast -0.10% Previous 1.20%
7:15pm EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.2 Previous 51.2
7:15pm EUR French Flash Services PMI
Forecast 47.7 Previous 46.8
7:30pm EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.5 Previous 50.3
7:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI
Forecast 49 Previous 48.6
8:00pm EUR Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.6 Previous 51.4
8:00pm EUR Flash Services PMI
Forecast 49.8 Previous 49.4
8:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 52.1 Previous 52.5
8:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI
Forecast 49.4 Previous 48.8
12:30am CAD IPPI m/m
Forecast -0.40% Previous 1.20%
12:30am CAD NHPI m/m
Forecast -0.20% Previous -0.30%
12:30am CAD RMPI m/m
Forecast -2.70% Previous 0.70%
1:00am EUR Belgian NBB Business Climate
Forecast -10.2 Previous -12.4
1:45am USD Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 54.5 Previous 53.9
1:45am USD Flash Services PMI
Forecast 51.4 Previous 51.2
2:00am USD New Home Sales
Forecast 604K Previous 580K
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Markets stabilised overnight, despite military actions in the Middle East, as communications between the adversaries continue. There is hope for a reinstatement of the ceasefire. Oil prices stabilised around US$82/barrel, while global bond yields spiked.
Read more →Markets closed out the week on a gloomy note, as the war in the Middle East extends and escalates. Oil prices are beginning to feel the impact, spiking above US$80/barrel, hinting at another looming energy crises.
Read more →Markets retreated overnight, with equities softening, while bond yields firmed. The US Dollar inched higher, despite the much weaker than expected inflation readings, of both the US CPI and PPI. This takes the pressure off the Fed, to raise rates and perhaps puts them in the rate cut mode.
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