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2024-07-20 00:15:00 ET Summary This week, markets were influenced by trade war fears, US political developments, and a global cyber outage. In Asia, the Japanese yen weakened, and Chinese authorities remained silent on economic goals despite weak data. Next week, US PCE and GD...

2024-07-19 04:40:09 ET London ( UKX ) -0.7% Retail sales in the UK declined 1.2% month-over-month in June, following a 2.9% rise in May.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: European markets set for weekly drop as tech selloff ...

2024-07-19 04:20:00 ET Summary The ECB decided to keep rates on hold as expected, and markets received little forward guidance. We see a continuation of the global macro trend for steeper curves, driven by the prospect of future cuts. We saw something similar for the Gilt curv...

2024-07-18 06:52:54 ET Nearly 50 European leaders on Thursday will descend on Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, for a one-day session of the European Political Community. It'll be a big moment for new U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is looking to amend the post-Brexit relations...

2024-07-18 06:30:00 ET Summary More data was released indicating greater disinflationary progress in the US - which, in my view, means we will get a Federal Reserve rate cut this quarter. I think this will be a rather positive earnings season. S&P 500 companies are forecasted ...

2024-07-18 04:32:54 ET More on Europe UK's unemployment rate unchanged at 4.4% in May as expected European markets rebound as sentiment improves Euro Area composite and services PMI falls in June Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further ...

2024-07-18 02:02:48 ET The unemployment rate in the UK remained unchanged at 4.40 percent in May. Consensus estimates were 4.4%. ETFs: ( FXB ), ( EWU ), ( FKU ), ( EWUS ), ( FLGB ).... Currency: ( GBP:USD ) More on UK UK i...

2024-07-17 05:52:00 ET Summary Markets are now pricing in 48bp of ECB cuts in 2024, just shy of two full 25bp cuts. The rate-cutting narrative building in the US was the main driver of the increase, but in our view, the spillovers will be more limited. The Fed’s Be...

2024-07-17 04:33:10 ET London ( UKX ) -0.3% The inflation rate in the UK remained unchanged at 2% in June, more than the consensus of 1.9%.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: European markets in red as tech stocks fall, t...

2024-07-17 02:07:17 ET More on UK FXB: Elections Have Consequences GBP long positions are nearing stretched levels - MS Labour wins U.K. election, sweeping to power by a landslide Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Ste...