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12:50pm JPY BOJ Summary of Opinions
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 1.10% Previous 0.20%
8:00pm CHF KOF Economic Barometer
Forecast 101.1 Previous 104.2
9:30pm GBP M4 Money Supply m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous -0.10%
9:30pm GBP Mortgage Approvals
Forecast 61K Previous 60K
9:30pm GBP Net Lending to Individuals m/m
Forecast 5.6B Previous 5.9B
3:30am USD Fed Chair Powell Speaks
9:00am USD FOMC Member Williams Speaks
12:01pm GBP BRC Shop Price Index y/y
Forecast 1.30% Previous 1.10%
12:30pm JPY Tokyo Core CPI y/y
Forecast 1.80% Previous 1.80%
12:30pm JPY Unemployment Rate
Forecast 2.70% Previous 2.70%
12:50pm JPY Prelim Industrial Production m/m
Forecast -2.00% Previous 4.30%
12:50pm JPY Retail Sales y/y
Forecast 0.90% Previous 1.80%
1:00pm NZD ANZ Business Confidence
Previous 59.2
1:30pm AUD Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
1:30pm AUD Private Sector Credit m/m
Forecast 0.60% Previous 0.50%
2:30pm CNY Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.2 Previous 49
2:30pm CNY Non-Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.9 Previous 49.5
6:00pm JPY Housing Starts y/y
Forecast -4.60% Previous -0.40%
7:00pm EUR German Import Prices m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 1.10%
7:00pm EUR German Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous -0.90%
7:00pm GBP Current Account
Forecast -23.9B Previous -12.1B
7:00pm GBP Final GDP q/q
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.10%
7:00pm GBP Nationwide HPI m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.30%
7:00pm GBP Revised Business Investment q/q
Forecast -2.60% Previous -2.70%
7:45pm EUR French Consumer Spending m/m
Forecast -0.40% Previous 0.50%
7:45pm EUR French Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.80% Previous 0.60%
8:55pm EUR German Unemployment Change
Forecast 2K Previous 1K
10:00pm EUR Core CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 2.40% Previous 2.40%
10:00pm EUR CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 2.50% Previous 1.90%
10:00pm EUR Italian Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.60% Previous 0.70%
1:30am CAD GDP m/m
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.20%
2:00am USD HPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.10%
2:00am USD S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/y
Forecast 1.40% Previous 1.40%
2:45am USD Chicago PMI
Forecast 54.5 Previous 57.7
3:00am USD JOLTS Job Openings
Forecast 6.90M Previous 6.95M
3:00am USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 88 Previous 91.2
5:00am USD FOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks
8:00am USD FOMC Member Barr Speaks
9:30am USD API Weekly Statistical Bulletin
10:10am USD FOMC Member Bowman Speaks
10:45am NZD Building Consents m/m
Previous 1.90%
12:50pm JPY Tankan Manufacturing Index
Forecast 16 Previous 15
12:50pm JPY Tankan Non-Manufacturing Index
Forecast 33 Previous 34
1:30pm AUD Building Approvals m/m
Forecast 6.10% Previous -7.20%
1:30pm JPY Final Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.4 Previous 51.4
2:45pm CNY RatingDog Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.8 Previous 52.1
6:30pm AUD Commodity Prices y/y
Previous 3.40%
7:30pm CHF Retail Sales y/y
Forecast 1.30% Previous -1.10%
8:15pm EUR Spanish Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.5 Previous 50
8:30pm CHF Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 47.1 Previous 47.4
8:45pm EUR Italian Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.9 Previous 50.6
8:50pm EUR French Final Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.2 Previous 50.2
8:55pm EUR German Final Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.7 Previous 51.7
9:00pm EUR Final Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.4 Previous 51.4
9:00pm EUR Italian Monthly Unemployment Rate
Forecast 5.20% Previous 5.10%
9:30pm GBP Final Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 51.4 Previous 51.4
10:00pm EUR Unemployment Rate
Forecast 6.10% Previous 6.10%
10:30pm GBP FPC Meeting Minutes
10:30pm GBP FPC Statement
1:15am USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 42K Previous 63K
1:30am USD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.00%
1:30am USD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.40% Previous -0.20%
2:05am USD FOMC Member Musalem Speaks
2:10am USD FOMC Member Barr Speaks
2:30am CAD Manufacturing PMI
Previous 51
2:45am USD Final Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 52.3 Previous 52.4
3:00am USD ISM Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 52.3 Previous 52.4
3:00am USD ISM Manufacturing Prices
Forecast 73.6 Previous 70.5
3:00am USD Business Inventories m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.10%
All Day USD Wards Total Vehicle Sales
Forecast 15.8M Previous 15.8M
3:30am USD Crude Oil Inventories
Previous 6.9M
6:30am CAD BOC Summary of Deliberations
12:50pm JPY Monetary Base y/y
Forecast -10.40% Previous -10.60%
1:30pm AUD Goods Trade Balance
Forecast 2.58B Previous 2.63B
4:35pm JPY 10-y Bond Auction
Previous 2.12|3.3
Tentative AUD NAB Quarterly Business Confidence
Previous 0
7:30pm CHF CPI m/m
Forecast 0.50% Previous 0.60%
7:45pm EUR French Gov Budget Balance
Previous -9.7B
9:00pm EUR ECB Economic Bulletin
10:00pm EUR Italian Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.40% Previous 0.60%
Tentative EUR French 10-y Bond Auction
12:30am USD Challenger Job Cuts y/y
Previous -71.90%
1:30am CAD Trade Balance
Forecast -1.9B Previous -3.6B
1:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 212K Previous 210K
1:30am USD Trade Balance
Forecast -59.8B Previous -54.5B
3:30am USD Natural Gas Storage
Previous -54B
All Day NZD Bank Holiday
All Day AUD Bank Holiday
2:45pm CNY Rating Dog Services PMI
Forecast 53.7 Previous 56.7
All Day CHF Bank Holiday
All Day EUR German Bank Holiday
7:45pm EUR French Industrial Production m/m
Forecast -0.10% Previous 0.50%
All Day GBP Bank Holiday
All Day CAD Bank Holiday
1:30am USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.40%
1:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 56K Previous -92K
1:30am USD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.40% Previous 4.40%
2:45am USD Final Services PMI
Forecast 51.1 Previous 51.1
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Yemen joined the war on the Iranians behalf, over the weekend, launching missile attacks on Israel. This has been further escalation of the war and oil prices moved upwards accordingly to over US$100pb. The energy crises is a by-product of the war and is feeding though into global inflation.
Read more →Markets closed the week under pressure, with US equities heading into correction territory and bond yields pushing higher. The attempts at peace in the Middle East is underway, according to the Americans, but the Iranians reject these moves, causing further market disruption.
Read more →Uncertainty and fear permeated markets again overnight, with the US declaring that peace negotiations are underway, while the Iranians completely reject that scenario.
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