2019

The Institute of Supply Management will be releasing the closely watched leading indicator covering manufacturing activity. According to the economists polled, the median expectations point to a modest increase to 52.7 in July. This…
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The Bank of England is the last of the major central banks to have their monetary policy meeting. Despite being the most important event on the British economic calendar this week, we aren't expecting a major change in terms of monetary…
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The Federal Reserve’s FOMC will be concluding its two-day monetary policy meeting today. Investors are bracing for a quarter basis point rate cut at today’s meeting. Besides the FOMC decision today, US and China trade talks have resumed.…
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The Federal Reserve will be concluding its two-day monetary policy meeting today. This will culminate with the release of the monetary policy statement. For the first time since 2015, the central bank will be most likely cutting interest…
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Contrary to other countries, this week is relatively quiet on the Chinese economic calendar. The most important event coming up is the release of the official PMI and the private Caixin PMI survey. Both of these releases could likely…
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On Monday, the US dollar was seen holding steady near a two-month high. The Fed’s FOMC will begin their two-day meeting starting today. Meanwhile, the US and China trade talks are set to resume. US representatives are expected to meet with…
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The Conference Board’s July consumer confidence report is due to come out later today. Consumer confidence is forecast to rise to 125.2. In June, consumer confidence fell to 121.5. The index for June missed estimates of 132.0 and fell…
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We're kicking off a really busy day for the markets in Japan! We have a host of key economic events coming out. And Wednesday and Thursday concentrate the bulk of Japanese corporate earnings. After Friday, we could have a pretty good…
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