The US dollar ended the week on the back foot despite the upcoming rate hike. Apart from the Fed decision, we have rate decisions also in the UK and Japan, US consumer confidence and housing data, and lots more. These are the main events on forex calendar for this week. US Producer Prices: Tuesday, 12:30. Producer prices are expected to rise 0.1% this time.UK jobs report: Wednesday, 9:30. The number of new unemployed in the UK is ...
Great Britain voted to leave the European Union. Markets yesterday bet they would stay, and now the fallout is great. Eric Wiegand, senior portfolio manager at U.S. Bank Wealth Management: "With last night’s result, that’s certainly unwinding. It caught the consensus on the wrong side yet again. Complacency had crept back into the markets."Bob Stovall, U.S. equity strategist at S&P Global Market Intelligence: "Falling prices will ...
Weekly Outlook: 2016, June 12 - June 19 Risk off sentiment dominated during most of the week, but things reversed later on. It’s all related to the UK’s EU Referendum which happens in the upcoming week. Apart from this, two testimonies from Janet Yellen, US Durable Goods Orders and German surveys will play a role around the big vote. These are the highlights on forex calendar. German ZEW Economic Sentiment: Tuesday, 9:00. ...
Credit Suisse’s Brexit ban is a display of neutrality its clients should cheer Most multinational investment banks with European headquarters in London should want the UK to stay within the EU. An exit would mean higher short-term costs, and might force them to relocate some staff to another European country, in order to ensure international clients have full access to the single market. Yet overt partisanship could unnerve certain clients ...