If you can't get enough Brexit polls ahead of the June 23 referendum, you're in luck...
Both sides suspended campaigning on whether Britain should leave the European Union after a lawmaker was attacked in her district...
Credit Agricole on the week ahead After several months of market volatility and anxious observation of the pre-referendum polls, FX investors will finally have an answer to the question: Brexit or Bremain? Our central case still is that a Brexit will be avoided...
French economy minister Emmanuel Macron speaking in Le Monde 18 June 2016 "Leaving the EU would mean the Guernseyfication of the UK which would then be a little country on the world scale...
Reuters reporting comments from the Reserve Bank of India governor 18 June 2016 Raghuram Rajan, a former chief economist at the IMF, says he will be standing down on 4 September after one term and returning to academia...
BMG Research have published their final EU Referendum poll results 18 June 2016 I gave the heads up to watch out for this delayed poll result yesterday and as JG points out in the comments section ,it may well have been leaked and had some impact late in NY trading...
Nasdaq hit hardest. The US major stock indices or ending down on the day and down on the week. The hardest hit was the NASDAQ composite index, which was down by my 0.92% in trading today and -1.92% for the trading week. The S&P 500 index fell by my 0.33% in trading today and was down -1...
Analysts at JPMorgan attempt to sift through the polls Cable squeezed higher late in trading on Friday but sank a half-cent from the highs, in part because JPMorgan analysts released a report arguing that the 'leave' side truly is ahead...
Weekly positioning data from the CFTC for Forex futures as of the close on June14 EUR 56K short vs. 67K short prior week. GBP 37K short vs. 66K short prior week JPY 56K long vs. 43K long prior week CAD 18K long vs. 22K long prior week...
S&P down -0.36%. Nasdaq the dog -0.82% the US stock market is down on the day, but off the session lows. The S&P 500 index is down 6.5 points were my 0.31%. It was down about 14-15 points at the lows. The high was near unchanged to +1. So current prices are near the midpoint...
This is the 3rd increase in a row Oil rigs up to 337 from 328 last week Gas rigs up to 86 from 85 last week Miscellaneous rigs remained at 1. Texas rigs were the bid gainer rising from 178 to 191. Of course Texas accounts for - not the majority - but 45% of the total...
The latest tea-leaf reading from the Atlanta Fed Broadly speaking there's not been much from the data this week to change it. Now we wait in anticipation for the NY Fed, GDP Nowcast. They took a week off last week due to the FOMC blackout period. The June 3rd number stood at 2.0% for Q2...
Exchanges battening down the hatches Will have special measures in place from June 20-27th due to referendum Cash markets will operate as normal and circuit breakers will remain "Fast market" will be declared in index and equity option contracts The term "fast markets" means that quotes and price...
Moving from chat up lines to business In the short term, Brexit would be a problem for all but above all, Britain Believes the remain camp will win If UK leaves there will be financial tensions Either way the EU needs to rethink itself...
US stock market open 17 June 2016 S&P -6pts to 2071 Dow -54pts to 17676 Nasdaq -26pts to 4818 US 10 year yields 1.60% -2bp...
YoY 1.5% vs 1.6% est. Core YoY 2.1% vs. 2.1% Canada CPI NSA for the month of May came in at 0.4% vs 0.5% estimate. The YoY came in at 1.5% vs. 1.6% est and 1.7% last month. So each was 0.1% weaker than expectations. The core numbers came in as expected at 0.3% and 2.1% respectively...
Details of the May 2016 US housing starts and building permits data report 17 June 2016 Prior 1.172m. Revised to 1.167m Building permits 1.138m vs 1.150m exp. Prior 1.130m Starts don't drop as much as expected and permits miss but gain from last month...
Russian president Putin making a keynote address 17 June 2016 EU remains key trade partner for Russia EU business leaders want to work with Russia starting talks with EU on technical cooperation as first step to restoring relations On the Russian economy...
BMG Research have had their fair share of attention this week 17 June 2016 The pollsters were due to release their latest findings today but, with general co-operation and some sensitivity to yesterday's awful events along with a suspension of campaigning from both sides will now publish at 01...
