UK consumer confidence at 48-year low; stocks push higher off lower rates from Chinese banks.
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UK Consumer confidence has dropped to a 48-year low. This weak sentiment will likely be reflected in April retail sales data released later today. Despite this GBPUSD trades 0.12% higher intraday, and the FTSE trades up 1.4%.
The Metropolitan police announced the end of its ‘party gate’ fines, with the prime minister avoiding any further fines.
EURChancellor Olaf Scholz policy to boost the German military is struggling to gain traction. A vote of his €100 billion defence package has been postponed as his coalition struggles to agree.
EURUSD trades lower -0.14%, the Euro STOXX has opened positive by 0.7%.
USDJoe Biden has embarked on his first presidential trip to South Korea and Japan, where he’ll try to bolster supply chains, and reduce US reliance on China. The US and Japan are planning to engage with China to wind down its nuclear arsenal.
Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, rejected the idea that the Fed or its counterparts should boost their inflation targets at a time when living costs are surging
ASIA/PACIFICJapan’s inflation sped up in April to 2.1% YoY, topping the BOJs target, reaching its fastest rate in 14 years.
Chinese banks cut a key interest rate for long-term loans by a record amount, this helped Asian equities gain.
ILSUSDILS has slipped from weekly highs of 3.406 during yesterday session. It has since fallen -1.4% to 3.36.Data & EventsUK Retail Sales
Germany PPI
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