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Key events:       UK – Retail Sales (MoM) (Nov)   UK – Composite PMI    UK – Manufacturing PMI   UK – Services PMI    Eurozone – CPI (YoY) (Nov)   The dollar rallied against all Big Ten currencies on Thursday. This strengthening was very broad-based, with 85 of the 146 currencies tracked by…

Key events:       Switzerland  – Interest Rate Decision (Q4)     Eurozone – EU Leaders Summit      UK – BoE Interest Rate Decision (Dec)     Eurozone – ECB Interest Rate Decision (Dec) USA – Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Nov)   USA – Initial Jobless Claims     Eurozone – ECB President Lagarde Speaks…

Key events:       UK – Average Earnings Index +Bonus (Oct)   UK – Claimant Count Change (Nov) UK – BoE Gov Bailey Speaks      USA – Core CPI (MoM) (Nov)   USA – CPI (YoY) (Nov)   USA – CPI (MoM) (Nov)   We live in a world where inflation plays a major role in the economy, so investors are looking…

Key events:       Eurozone – ECB's Supervisory Board Member Jochnick Speaks      UK – NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker USA – Federal Budget Balance (Nov) Canada – BoC Gov Macklem Speaks      The U.S. market has been under pressure all last week ahead of the Fed meeting, and due to the release of PPI and…

Key events:       USA – PPI (MoM) (Nov)   European markets ended the day lower yesterday as nervousness over the global slowdown was very visible, and the market is in defensive mode ahead of the weekend. In contrast, U.S. markets were able to break a five-day losing streak, ending the session…

Key events: Eurozone – ECB President Lagarde Speaks      USA – Initial Jobless Claims European markets continued their third consecutive day of declines yesterday amid concerns over weak economic data and a tighter inflation outlook, while the U.S. markets also continued their losing streak with…

Key events: Canada – BoC Interest Rate Decision   USA – Crude Oil Inventories The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is worried about various problems, thereby sparing our local central banks from this excitement. The immediate concern at the BIS is that central banks will have to conduct…

Key events: UK – Construction PMI (Nov) Canada – Ivey PMI (Nov) Australia – RBA Rate Statement      USA – EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook   U.S. stocks fell while bond yields jumped after the release of positive ISM service sector data suggesting that the most important part of the U.S. economy,…

Key events: UK - Composite PMI (Nov)   UK - Services PMI (Nov)   USA - ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Nov)   Risk appetite strengthened noticeably last week as investors grew confident that the Fed could curb inflation without plunging the U.S. economy into a deep recession. Fed Chairman Jerome…

Key events: USA – Nonfarm Payrolls (Nov)   USA – Unemployment Rate (Nov)   Canada – Employment Change (Nov) European markets got off to a moderately positive start to the month, hitting 6-month highs, but then pulled back by the close, with the FTSE100 lagging behind, failing to break out the 7,…

Key events: UK – Manufacturing PMI (Nov) USA – Core PCE Price Index (MoM) (Oct) USA – Initial Jobless Claims   USA – ISM Manufacturing PMI (Nov) The U.S. dollar is declining against major currencies in trading Thursday morning after a speech the day before by U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman…

Key events: Eurozone – CPI (YoY) (Nov)   USA – ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Nov) USA – GDP (QoQ) (Q3)    USA – JOLTs Job Openings (Oct) USA – Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Oct)   USA – Crude Oil Inventories   USA – Fed Chair Powell Speaks   Many are wondering today if the U.S. will have a recession…