US energy secretary says agreed with Saudi energy minister that oil market still has more supply than demand (US energy secretary speaks after meeting with Saudi energy minister in Beijing) Says: Saudi energy minister sees oil market in balance towards the end of 2016 He expects oil market to be...
Australian Industry Group (AiG) Performance of Manufacturing Index for June comes in at 51.8 prior 51...
Dovish BOE talk adds to gains The S&P 500 is up 22 points to 2092 after briefly trading in negative territory at the start of the day. The idea isn't that global growth will be any better. It's that central banks will never hike rates and will do whatever it takes to achieve 1-2% growth...
GBP/USD dropped more than a hundred pips during the last hour as the pound tumbled across the board after comments from Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England (BoE...
Apparently on social media Michael Steen the ECB press officer has apparently scotched the story. The euro's bounced but you know the saying, nothings official until it's been officially denied...
GBPUSD to 1.3245 from 1.3425. EURGBP 0.8380 from 0.8275 He's waffling on now about the possible effects of Brexit on the economy and the BOE's role in getting through it. The seed is sown though. They'll talk in July and maybe act in August...
Theresa May is the prohibitive favourite to be the next Prime Minister Even before Boris Johnson dropped out, Theresa May was the betting favourite. A poll put Johnson as the only person within striking distance. Now betting sites put her as a relative shoe-in...
U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Rise From Nearly Two-Month Low Reflecting a rebound from a nearly two-month low, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing that first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits rose by a little more than expected in the week ended June 25th...
Another survey from Reuters June output up 250kbpd Output led by Nigeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE Higher output held back by lower production in Iraq and Venezuela The rally this year looks like it's taking a pause as we knock around between 46 & 51...
Canadian monthly GDP Prior was -0.2% Goods -0.1% Services +0.2% Canada is one of the few countries to report on GDP every month. This is the first gain after two straight months of declines...
US initial jobless claims week ending 24 June 2016 Prior 259k. Revised to 258k Continued claims 2.120m vs 2.150m exp. Prior 2.142m. Revised to 2.140m 4 week average 266.75k vs 267.00k prior. Revised to 266.75k As near as straight down the line as you can get it...
Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) is based on a survey of purchasing managers in the manufacturing sector. Respondents are surveyed for their view of the economy and business conditions in China...
Australia goes to the polls about a week after Brexit. This could shape the direction of the Aussie while the world is not looking...
Boris speaking but he hasn't actually declared he's in the running. He's making a big speech which sounds like he might go either way. The way he's speaking he sounds like he's not going to enter. I'm a tax cutting conservative but wants a fairer capitalism You live longer under conservatives...
Swiss National Bank vice-chairman Zurbruegg speaking in Russia 30 June Flexible like a 30% appreciation in a session after you remove a cap? Constant intervention ? Yep all very fiexible, for the SNB at least. Excuse me while I fall about laughing. deposit rate of minus 0...
June 2016 Eurozone CPI flash report 30 June 2016 Prior -0.1% Core 0.9% vs 0.8% exp y/y. Prior 0.8% TAPER!! No real details come with the flash report so that's that...
Details of the Q1 2016 UK GDP final revision data report 30 June 2016 Prior 0.4% 2.0% vs 2.0% exp y/y. Prior 2.0% Business investment -0.6% vs -0.5% prior q/q -0.8% vs -0.4% prior y/y...
UK justice secretary Michael Gove has just announced his intention to lead the Conservative Party A change of heart/mid from Gove who had previously said he would support Boris...
Germany May retail sales report 30 June 2016 -0.3% prev revised up from -0.9% yy +2.6% vs +2.5% exp vs +2.7% prev revised up from +2.3% prev Stronger retails welcome news for the German domestic economy. EURUSD 1.1090 EURGBP 0.8286 EURJPY 113.82...
Despite the Brexit result it's still business as usual as far as UK payments to the EU are concerned 30 June The German Bundesbank buys euros each month-end, in excess of €2bln, to cover the UK's EU membership fee...
