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7:15pm EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
Tentative JPY BOJ Policy Rate
Forecast <1.00% Previous <0.75%
Tentative JPY Monetary Policy Statement
4:30pm AUD Cash Rate
Forecast 4.35% Previous 4.35%
4:30pm AUD RBA Rate Statement
5:30pm AUD RBA Press Conference
Tentative JPY BOJ Press Conference
6:00pm GBP CPI y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 2.80%
12:30am USD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.50% Previous 0.70%
12:30am USD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.50% Previous 0.50%
1:30am USD President Trump Speaks
6:00am USD Federal Funds Rate
Forecast 3.75% Previous 3.75%
6:00am USD FOMC Economic Projections
6:00am USD FOMC Statement
6:30am USD FOMC Press Conference
10:45am NZD GDP q/q
Forecast 0.80% Previous 0.20%
6:00pm GBP Claimant Count Change
Forecast 25.8K Previous 26.5K
6:00pm GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y
Forecast 4.00% Previous 4.10%
11:00pm GBP Monetary Policy Summary
11:00pm GBP MPC Official Bank Rate Votes
Forecast 1-0-8 Previous 1-0-8
11:00pm GBP Official Bank Rate
Forecast 3.75% Previous 3.75%
12:30am USD Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
Forecast 11.4 Previous -0.412:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 225K Previous 229KAll Day CNY Bank Holiday
6:00pm GBP Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.50% Previous -1.30%
All Day USD Bank Holiday
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US Markets closed out the week strongly, as an agreement was said to have been reached between the warring parties, Iran and the USA. Oil prices crashed back to US$84.50/barrel, while equities surged and the US Dollar relented. The EUR headed back towards 1.1600, while the GBP regained 1.3400.
Read more →Equity markets surged back and bond yields relented, following the decision by POTUS to suspend scheduled attacks on Iran. Trump deferred any military actions, as the Iranian were scrambling to make concerted efforts, to settle peace.
Read more →Tensions rose again overnight, in the Middle East, following the Iranian downing of an American helicopter. Trump promised retaliation, for this and also because the peace negotiations were taking ‘far too long’. Oil prices and bond yields edged higher, while stocks went backwards.
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