17/06/2019
Markets continue to look closely at Johnsons Brexit policy...
A busier calendar this week with plenty of releases from the Bank of England, ECB and Fed and of course, the ongoing leadership race.
The main UK focus will remain the Conservative party leadership contest where according to latest odds, Boris Johnson looks 80% certain to be the next Prime Minister. The markets continue to look closely at Johnsons Brexit policy. Encouragingly, his recent rhetoric has softened slightly and his priority is to renegotiate a new deal in the limited time available rather than leave with a no deal in the first instance. If a deal were to be reached we could expect significant support for Sterling.
Outside of the political situation, we have the following to look forward to; from the UK we have CPI inflation figures on Wednesday then Retail Sales and the BoE policy announcement on Thursday. BoE governor mark Carney will then speak on Thursday evening with analysts looking for any signals of a push for higher interest rates on the horizon.
From the US we have the Fed interest rate decision on Wednesday, at the moment we are expecting rates to remain unchanged although the markets have priced in at least one cut from the Fed before the end of the year. Another major release will be the PMI data which is released on Friday afternoon which give us a good insight into economic conditions with the US.
For the Eurozone we have an important week of survey data led by the composite Eurozone PMI in June, the forecast suggests a slight increase on previous figures. Speeches from ECB’s Draghi could meanwhile impact the Euro when he speaks publicly at 18.00 on Monday, 15.00 on Tuesday and 15.00 on Wednesday.
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