Retail sales

Last Week’s Highlights BoE Leaves Rates Steady but Gives a Cautious Outlook on Economy The Bank of England held its monetary policy meeting on Thursday. While leaving interest rates unchanged at 0.10% it also left the bond-buying program…
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Last week’s highlights Australia Retail Sales Rise in June Retail sales in Australia continued to expand, albeit at a slower pace in June. Data showed that retail sales grew at a pace of 2.4% in June, comparing to the 16.9% increase in…
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When considering commodity currencies, we tend to focus on exports as they typically have the largest impact on currency fluctuations. However, we are in unusual circumstances. For now, currency moves driven by monetary policy are…
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A host of key economic data is set to close out the week in Japan. In the altered reality that is the coronavirus situation, some of the usually important economic metrics are largely being ignored by the markets. In terms of getting a…
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Retail sales figures are key for tracking people returning to shopping following COVID-19. With most of the world moving towards reopening, we would expect retail sales to increase substantially if we are to have a U-shaped recovery.…
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Tomorrow, we will be getting retail sales data from Australia and the EU. The figures will likely point to an increase in consumer spending. This is as a result of the general public stocking up on food and other basic necessities in…
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The monthly retail sales report will be coming out tomorrow. The retail sales report will indicate the level of spending by US consumers at retail outlets during the first month of the year. The overall consensus for January is somewhat…
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Retail sales figures for the United States, covering the month of December will be coming up today. The data released by the Commerce Department will show how much Americans spent at retail stores over the holiday month. In November,…
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Early Friday we have an avalanche of data from China, all of which is potentially market-moving. Some of it can have far-reaching effects for markets all over the world. Even though it's coming out in the relatively quieter Asian session,…
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The monthly US retail sales report is due to come out today. Data from the Commerce Department is forecast to show that retail sales will rise by 0.3% on both the headline and the core. In August, headline retail sales rose 0.4% while…
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