Manufacturing Production

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Key events: UK - GDP (MoM) (Mar) UK - GDP (YoY) (Q1) UK - GDP (QoQ) (Q1) UK - Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Mar) UK - Monthly GDP 3M/3M Change (Mar) Both European and US markets had mixed sessions yesterday, with concerns over a slowdown in the Chinese and US economies leading to a selloff in commodity prices. This, in turn, had a negative impact on the basic resources and energy sectors.

Key events:         UK – GDP (MoM) (Dec) UK – GDP (YoY) (Q4) UK – GDP (QoQ) (Q4)   UK – Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Dec) UK – Monthly GDP 3M/3M Change (Dec) Eurozone – EU Leaders Summit      Canada – Employment Change (Jan) Yesterday the FTSE 100 continued to show positive momentum and made a new record high. The level of 8,000 is still acting as a magnet for investor sentiment, and the market seems to just want to go higher.

Key events:       UK – Christmas Australia – Christmas New Zealand – Christmas Canada – Boxing Day   An important market phenomenon affecting both short- and long-term investors in 2022 was the unfortunate consistency in the dynamics between the S&P 500 and U.S. Treasuries. In the past, having bonds in an investor's portfolio, mainly zero-default-risk Treasury notes and "long bonds," usually helped them guard against volatility in stocks.

Key events: UK – GDP (MoM) UK – GDP (YoY) (Q3)  UK – GDP (QoQ) (Q3)   UK – Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Sep) UK – Monthly GDP 3M/3M Change   U.S. stock indices rose strongly in the first half of trading Thursday. A positive driver was the inflation data. In addition, the reporting season is nearing its end. According to the congressional election results, the Republicans are in the majority and this threatens with difficulties to coordinate the bills with the White House – Joe Biden is a Democrat.