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2:30pm CNY Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.4 Previous 50.2
2:30pm CNY Non-Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.5 Previous 50.4
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.40%
1:30pm AUD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.30%
4:30pm AUD Cash Rate
Forecast 4.10% Previous 4.10%
4:30pm AUD RBA Rate Statement
5:30pm AUD RBA Press Conference
10:00pm EUR Core CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.60%
10:00pm EUR CPI Flash Estimate y/y
Forecast 2.20% Previous 2.30%
1:30am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
2:45am USD Final Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.8 Previous 49.8
3:00am USD ISM Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.6 Previous 50.3
3:00am USD JOLTS Job Openings
Forecast 7.73M Previous 7.74M
3:00am USD ISM Manufacturing Prices
Forecast 64.9 Previous 62.4
1:15am USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 118K Previous 77K
All Day All OPEC-JMMC Meetings
1:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 227K Previous 224K
2:45am USD Final Services PMI
Forecast 52.8 Previous 54.3
3:00am USD ISM Services PMI
Forecast 53 Previous 53.5
All Day CNY Bank Holiday
9:30pm GBP Construction PMI
Forecast 46.5 Previous 44.6
1:30am CAD Employment Change
Forecast 9.9K Previous 1.1K
1:30am CAD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 6.70% Previous 6.60%
1:30am USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.30%
1:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 139K Previous 151K
1:30am USD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 4.10% Previous 4.10%
4:25am USD Fed Chair Powell Speaks
5:45am USD FOMC Member Waller Speaks
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US equity markets crashed on Friday, to close out a week dominated by turbulent trade and tariff warnings. The US announced a further blanket 25% tariff on all Non-US Automakers, which comes into effect the same day as the worldwide ‘reciprocal tariffs’, April the 2nd.
Read more →=Markets were again ruffled by tariffs, as Trump announced a ‘carte blanche’ Auto-Tariff of 25%, effective 2nd of April. This is in line with the introduction of the across-the-board ’reciprocal tariffs’, due for commencement the very same day.
Read more →The UK budget settled markets, if only because it was not as bad as it could have been, cutting welfare spending and increasing defence spending. The deficit spending remains enormous, but in line with expectations, so the bond market gave the budget a C-.
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