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6:40am USD Fed Chair Powell Speaks
All Day GBP Bank Holiday
All Day USD Bank Holiday
1:30am EUR German Buba President Nagel Speaks
2:30am EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
11:01am GBP BRC Shop Price Index y/y
Forecast 0.00% Previous -0.10%
11:50am JPY SPPI y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.10%
5:00pm JPY BOJ Core CPI y/y
Forecast 2.30% Previous 2.20%
6:00pm CHF Trade Balance
Forecast 5.55B Previous 6.35B
6:00pm EUR German GfK Consumer Climate
Forecast -19.9 Previous -20.6
6:45pm EUR French Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.60%
8:00pm AUD RBA Deputy Gov Hauser Speaks
8:00pm USD FOMC Member Kashkari Speaks
10:00pm GBP CBI Realized Sales
Forecast -14 Previous -8
12:30am USD Core Durable Goods Orders m/m
Forecast -0.10% Previous -0.40%
12:30am USD Durable Goods Orders m/m
Forecast -7.90% Previous 7.50%
1:00am USD HPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.10%
1:00am USD S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/y
Forecast 4.50% Previous 4.50%
2:00am USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast 87.1 Previous 86
4:00am EUR German Buba President Nagel Speaks
4:20am CHF SNB Chairman Schlegel Speaks
12:00pm USD FOMC Member Williams Speaks
1:30pm AUD CPI y/y
Forecast 2.30% Previous 2.40%
1:30pm AUD Construction Work Done q/q
Forecast 0.50% Previous 0.50%
2:00pm NZD Official Cash Rate
Forecast 3.25% Previous 3.50%
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
2:10pm GBP MPC Member Lombardelli Speaks
2:10pm USD FOMC Member Waller Speaks
3:00pm NZD RBNZ Press Conference
6:00pm EUR German Import Prices m/m
Forecast -1.40% Previous -1.00%
6:45pm EUR French Consumer Spending m/m
Forecast 0.90% Previous -1.00%
6:45pm EUR French Final Private Payrolls q/q
Forecast 0.00% Previous 0.00%
6:45pm EUR French Prelim GDP q/q
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.10%
7:55pm EUR German Unemployment Change
Forecast 13K Previous 4K
8:00pm CHF UBS Economic Expectations Previous -51.6
8:00pm USD FOMC Member Kashkari Speaks
1:00am CNY CB Leading Index m/m
Previous -0.30%
2:00am USD Richmond Manufacturing Index
Forecast -9 Previous -13
6:00am USD FOMC Meeting Minutes
8:30am USD API Weekly Statistical Bulletin
1:00pm NZD ANZ Business Confidence
Previous 49.3
1:30pm AUD Private Capital Expenditure q/q
Forecast 0.50% Previous -0.20%
5:00pm JPY Consumer Confidence
Forecast 31.8 Previous 31.2
All Day CHF Bank Holiday
All Day EUR French Bank Holiday
All Day EUR German Bank Holiday
9:00pm GBP MPC Member Breeden Speaks
All Day EUR Italian 10-y Bond Auction
Previous 3.62|1.6
12:30am CAD Current Account
Forecast -3.6B Previous -5.0B
12:30am USD Prelim GDP q/q
Forecast -0.30% Previous -0.30%
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 229K Previous 227K
12:30am USD Prelim GDP Price Index q/q
Forecast 3.70% Previous 3.70%
12:30am USD FOMC Member Barkin Speaks
2:00am USD Pending Home Sales m/m
Forecast -1.00% Previous 6.10%
2:30am USD Natural Gas Storage
Previous 120B
2:40am USD FOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks
3:00am USD Crude Oil Inventories
Previous 1.3M
6:00am USD FOMC Member Kugler Speaks
7:00am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
8:00am USD FOMC Member Daly Speaks
10:45am NZD Building Consents m/m
Previous 9.60%
11:30am JPY Tokyo Core CPI y/y
Forecast 3.50% Previous 3.40%
11:30am JPY Unemployment Rate
Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.50%
11:50am JPY Prelim Industrial Production m/m Forecast -1.40% Previous 0.20%
11:50am JPY Retail Sales y/y
Forecast 2.90% Previous 3.10%
12:25pm USD FOMC Member Logan Speaks
1:30pm AUD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.30%
1:30pm AUD Building Approvals m/m
Forecast 3.10% Previous -8.80%
1:30pm AUD Private Sector Credit m/m
Forecast 0.50% Previous 0.50%
5:00pm JPY Housing Starts y/y
Forecast -18.20% Previous 39.10%
6:00pm EUR German Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous -0.20%
All Day EUR German Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.40%
7:00pm CHF KOF Economic Barometer
Forecast 98.3 Previous 97.1
7:00pm EUR Spanish Flash CPI y/y
Forecast 2.00% Previous 2.20%
8:00pm EUR M3 Money Supply y/y
Forecast 3.70% Previous 3.60%
8:00pm EUR Private Loans y/y
Forecast 1.80% Previous 1.70%
9:00pm EUR Italian Prelim CPI m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.10%
12:30am CAD GDP m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous -0.20%
12:30am USD Core PCE Price Index m/m
Forecast 0.10% Previous 0.00%
12:30am USD Goods Trade Balance
Forecast -141.8B Previous -162.0B
12:30am USD Personal Income m/m
Forecast 0.30% Previous 0.50%
12:30am USD Personal Spending m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 0.70%
12:30am USD Prelim Wholesale Inventories m/m
Forecast 0.40% Previous 0.50%
1:45am USD Chicago PMI
Forecast 45.1 Previous 44.6
2:00am USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment
Forecast 51.1 Previous 50.8
2:00am USD Revised UoM Inflation Expectations
Previous 7.30%
4:20am USD FOMC Member Bostic Speaks
11:30am USD FOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks
1:30pm CNY Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.5 Previous 49
1:30pm CNY Non-Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 50.6 Previous 50.4
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Markets were softer overnight, after posting big gains in the previous session, due to the delay in EU sanctions. German and EU Consumer Confidence remains in the doldrums, while French Q1 GDP growth was conveniently 0.1%, there by marginally missing technical recession territory.
Read more →Markets in the US rebounded strongly, following the Memorial Day long weekend, after Trump postponed the imposition of the ‘50% tariff’ on all EU products and services. The deferment follows a hasty phone call from EU leadership.
Read more →Market sentiment turned negative, over the weekend, following the announcement of tariffs on the EU. President Trump announced a 50% tariff on all EU products, commencing 1st of June, as the opening volley in the renewed trade war with the single market.
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