-
Jul 9, 18 •
1541 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on US unemployment rate rose, while job creation beats consensus in June
On Friday, the most anticipated macro-economic news release were the non-farm employment change and the unemployment rate. The NFP rose by 213k in the previous month, while the consensus estimate was creation of 195k jobs. The jobless rate came with an...
-
Jul 6, 18 •
1591 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on UK to debate the Brexit customs on July 16th and 17th, while the country’s reail industry lobby group warns on consequences of no-deal Brexit
The date is set on when the British lawmakers will debate the proposed legislation on post-Brexit customs arrangements and trade, where Prime Minister Theresa May and pro-European Union lawmakers may once again come to the cross-roads in their opinions. The...
-
Jul 5, 18 •
1507 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on UK’s and Europe’s services PMI picked up in June
Yesterday services PMI releases came from Europe and the United Kingdom, where the readings were better than expected for both. In the UK, the service sector enhanced at the fastest pace since October 2017, where the services purchasing manager’s index rose...
-
Jul 4, 18 •
1472 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on UK construction PMI rises; Euro zone industry prices rise, but consumer sales stay flat in May
From the important macro-economic news yesterday, investors were closely monitoring the UK construction PMI as a leading indicator of economic health and good news came with the actual reading better than expected, coming at 53.1, while the expectancy was...
-
Jul 3, 18 •
1603 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on EU unemployment remained steady in May, however factory growth in June dropped to weakest in 18 months
On Monday we have seen better than expected unemployment rate readings from the EU, where the figures came at 8.4%, as opposed to the expected 8.5%. The unemployment in the 19 countries of the euro zone remained steady in May, confronting the expectations of...
-
Jul 2, 18 •
1393 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on EU inflation accelerates in June; UK’s 1st quarter GDP and stronger April services increase possibility of rate hike; US core PCE index hits 2 percent
On Friday we have witnessed vast ‘better than expected’ macro-economic news, mostly concentrating on the Eurozone, UK and the US. Namely, according to the euro bloc’s statistics agency – Eurostat, CPI rose 2.0% in June, which was higher than the 1.9%...
-
Jun 29, 18 •
1730 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on EU Summit commences; Euro zone economic sentiment slips in June; US final GDP and unemployment claims worse than expected
On Thursday the European leaders have gathered in Brussels for the two day summit in order to deal with topics around migration, trade, Brexit, defense and deeper euro zone integrations. From all the topics, the migration issue is seen as the most complex, as...
-
Jun 28, 18 •
1531 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on BoE believes that the UK could cope with hard Brexit, but former Prime Minister, Tony Blair disagrees
On Wednesday, Bank of England stated that Britain’s banks could deal with a hard Brexit expected next March if needed. As Reuters reported, the Financial Policy Committee of Bank of England stated that the Britain banks have sufficient capital to face any...
-
Jun 27, 18 •
1504 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on Post Brexit UK to face no ease on access to the EU financial markets
According to Reuters, EU is not planning to ease the default market access for foreign financial firms for Great Britain once the country is out of the EU, and an EU official also commented that the banks and insurers in the financial district in London may...
-
Jun 26, 18 •
1575 Views •
Morning Roll Call •
Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on EU and China collaborate in fighting protectionism; US reacts on ‘Made in China 2025’
During their talks in Beijing, the EU officials and the Chinese officials have agreed on the need to oppose the unilateralism and protectionism on a bilateral investment agreement. However, according to Reuters, the top EU officials have urged from Beijing to...