00:30 Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence July 96
04:30 Japan Tertiary Industry Index May 1.2% -0.5%
08:30 United Kingdom Average Earnings, 3m/y May 2.1% 1.8%
08:30 United Kingdom Average earnings ex bonuses, 3 m/y May 1.7% 1.9%
08:30 United Kingdom ILO Unemployment Rate May 4.6% 4.6%
08:30 United Kingdom Claimant count June 7.3 10
09:00 Eurozone Industrial Production (YoY) May 1.4% 3.6%
09:00 Eurozone Industrial production, (MoM) May 0.5% 1.1%
14:00 Canada Bank of Canada Rate 0.5% 0.5%
14:00 Canada Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report
14:00 Canada BOC Rate Statement
14:00 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen Testifies
14:30 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories July -6.299
15:15 Canada BOC Press Conference
18:00 U.S. Fed's Beige Book
18:15 U.S. FOMC Member Esther George Speaks
22:45 New Zealand Food Prices Index, y/y June 3.1%
The number of job openings decreased to 5.7 million on the last business day of May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires increased to 5.5 million and separations increased to 5.3 million. Within separations, the quits rate was little changed at 2.2 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 1.1 percent. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions.
Total inventories of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers' sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were $593.9 billion at the end of May, up 0.4 percent (±0.4 percent)* from the revised April level. Total inventories were up 1.9 percent (±0.7 percent) from the revised May 2016 level. The April 2017 to May 2017 percent change was revised from the advance estimate of up 0.3 percent to up 0.4 percent.
USDJPY: 112.00 (USD 1.3bln) 112.50 (600m) 113.00 (790m) 115.00 (2bln)
GBPUSD: 1.2770-80 (GBP 515m) 1.2940-50 (500m) 1.3000-10 (850m)
EURGBP: 0.8775-85 (EUR 2.26bln) 0.8815-25 (515m)
AUDUSD: 0.7500 (AUD 555m)
EURJPY: 132.00 (EUR 520m)
Establishing which court will have jurisdiction over residents right is the first, most important question in Brexit negotiations
British citizens need not worry that they will be peremptorily sent back to Britain
The trend in housing starts was 215,459 units in June 2017, compared to 214,570 units in May 2017, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.
"The trend in housing starts for Canada reached its highest level in almost five years", said Bob Dugan, CMHC's chief economist. "So far this year, all regions are on pace to surpass construction levels from 2016 except for British Columbia, where starts have declined year-to-date after reaching near-record levels last summer."
In June, housing starts trended higher in Québec as a result of the construction of a large condominium project. However, in the conventional rental housing segment, year-to-date results show a 22 per cent decrease in housing starts compared to the same period in 2016. This decrease can be explained, in part, by the period of strong activity observed in this segment in 2015 and 2016 and the rise in the vacancy rate.
The sums of money the EU is proposing to demand from Britain for Brexit deal "seem to be extortionate"
European regional and local governments' funding needs to remain high; trends diverging
Global energy investment fell 12 pct in 2016 to $1.7 trln
Investments in electricity surpassed investments in oil and gas for the first time ever in 2016
In May 2017 the seasonally adjusted industrial production index increased by 0.7% compared with the previous month. The percentage change of the average of the last three months with respect to the previous three months was +0.2.
The calendar adjusted industrial production index increased by 2.8% compared with May 2016 (calendar working days in May 2017 being the same as in May 2016); in the period January-May 2017 the percentage change was +1.7 compared with the same period of 2016.
The unadjusted industrial production index increased by 2.8% compared with May 2016.
Romania's consumer price inflation accelerated in June after remaining stable in the prior month, figures from the National Institute of Statistics showed, cited by rttnews.
The consumer price index rose 0.9 percent year-over-year in June, faster than the 0.6 percent stable rate of increase in May. The measure has been rising since January.
Grocery prices grew 2.8 percent annually in June and non-food prices edged up by 0.2 percent. Meanwhile, costs for services decreased 1.0 percent.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices registered a mere rise of 0.04 percent in June.
USDJPY: 112.00 (USD 1.3bln) 112.50 (600m) 113.00 (790m) 115.00 (2bln)
GBPUSD: 1.2770-80 (GBP 515m) 1.2940-50 (500m) 1.3000-10 (850m)
EURGBP: 0.8775-85 (EUR 2.26bln) 0.8815-25 (515m)
AUDUSD: 0.7500 (AUD 555m)
EURJPY: 132.00 (EUR 520m)
EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1531 (1333)
$1.1483 (2946)
$1.1455 (748)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1388
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1343 (1740)
$1.1312 (2322)
$1.1275 (2151)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date August, 4 is 59815 contracts (according to data from July, 10) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1500 (4079);
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.3063 (2335)
$1.3007 (1496)
$1.2968 (1133)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.2882
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.2806 (1773)
$1.2745 (2273)
$1.2669 (1775)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date August, 4 is 23295 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3100 (2794);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date August, 4 is 21714 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2800 (2273);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.93 versus 0.94 from the previous trading day according to data from July, 10
* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.
** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.
Says not central case, does expect inflation to accelerate to 2 pct next year
Own view is to start adjustment of balance sheet in next few months
In June, UK retail sales increased by 1.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis from June 2016, when they had decreased 0.5 per cent from the preceding year.
On a total basis, sales rose 2.0 per cent in June, against a growth of 0.2 per cent in June 2016. This month's growth is below the 6-month and 12-month averages, both at 1.4 per cent.
Over the three months to June, food sales increased 3.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis and 4.7 per cent on a total basis. This is the strongest 3-month average since February 2012, and pulls the 12-month total average growth to 2.5 per cent, the highest since December 2013.
The trend estimate for the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions fell 0.3%. Owner occupied housing commitments rose 0.4%, while investment housing commitments fell 1.5%.
In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 1.3%.
In trend terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance fell 0.4% in May 2017.
In trend terms, while the number of commitments for the construction of dwellings rose 1.0% and the number of commitments for the purchase of new dwellings rose 0.4%, the number of commitments for the purchase of established dwellings fell 0.6%.
In original terms, the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments rose to 14.0% in May 2017 from 13.8% in April 2017.
(pare/closed(GMT +2)/change, %)
EUR/USD $1,1397 -0,04%
GBP/USD $1,2879 -0,02%
USD/CHF Chf0,9656 +0,18%
USD/JPY Y114,06 +0,14%
EUR/JPY Y129,99 +0,11%
GBP/JPY Y146,89 +0,11%
AUD/USD $0,7604 0,00%
NZD/USD $0,7268 -0,18%
USD/CAD C$1,2887 +0,09%