Retail sales were up 0.6% in May, beating expectations of a 0.4% rise. Sales were strong in almost all sectors. Only gas stations (-0.2%) and food and beverages (-0.4%) saw their...
This past week was a busy week, and despite stronger-than-expected retail sales in April, the general tone of data releases was rather gloomy. Such data, especially prices, are in...
Resilient consumptionRetail sales in April were strong. After the very good news from the labour market, it is additional evidence that the US economy avoided the spring swoon this...
Italy's borrowing costs fall at BTP auctionNotes/ObservationsS&P: Revise Cyprus outlook to stable from negative.Moody's: Portugal court decision is a credit negative.Australia...
Natural Gas natural gas closed higher on Friday. The low range close sets the stage for a steady to lower opening on Monday. Stochastics and the RSI remain neutral to bullish,...
German ZEW Survey improves to highest level since spring of 2010Notes/ObservationsJapan Fin Min Aso sends JPY higher by ruling out consideration of foreign bond purchases and not...
Japanese officials continue to hound BOJ on steps to takeNotes/ObservationsAlcoa CEO [AA]: China coming back, would not be surprised to see GDP growth above 8%IMF's Lagarde: IMF to...
Economic Data(FR) France Q3 Preliminary Gross Domestic Product Q/Q: 0.2% v 0.0%e; Y/Y: 0.2 v 0.0%e(FI) Finland Sept GDP Indicator WD : -1.0% v -0.6% prior(DE) Germany Q3...
Spain 10-year yield back above 6.0% due to roll in generic issueEconomic Data(FI) Finland July GDP Indicator: 0.3% v 0.5% prior(FR) France Aug Central Govt. Balance: -€97.7B v...
Price Action Subdued Ahead Of Key U.S. Jobs ReportEconomic Data(RU) Russia Central Bank (CBR) leaves Refinancing Rate unchanged at 8.25%; As expected(RU) Russia Narrow Money Supply...