Japan - Trade balance data, May Japan - Trade balance for May, deficit of 40.7bn yen expected Y 70bn, prior Y823.2bn And adjusted trade balance for May Y 269.8bn expected Y113.4bn, prior Y426.6bn...
Data out from New Zealand this morning so far: Westpac Q2 Consumer confidence in at 106.0 prior 109.6 Services PMI for May, 56.9 prior 57.8, revised from 57.7...
Welcome to the market open of the FX week, and good forex morning, afternoon or evening to all. The forex market is just getting started in New Zealand at this time of the week. Market liquidity is super thin...
UK PM says it 'would be wrong thing for me to quit' if Brexit vote succeeds In the wake of the Jo Cox assassination, the polls are showing a shift towards the remain side and with many voters still undecided, the chance of the 'leave' side winning is dwindling...
Bank of Italy governor and ECB governing council member Visco speaking in La Repubblica 19 June 2016 The article was published yesterday but I've just found it combing through a few headlines...
The Independent today reporting on a petition to have the EU referendum cancelled 19 June 2016 a petition to cancel next week's European Union referendum has surged in support in the days following the killing of MP Jo Cox...
Luxembourg's foregin minister Jean Asselborn quoted in Tagesspiegel am Sonntag today 19 June 2016 historic mistake from PM Cameron to even think about calling a referendum on EU membership "It can not be ruled out that Brexit leads to a domino effect in Eastern Europe...
Andrea Enria head of the European Banking Authority published in Welt am Sonntag today 19 June 2016 "If the British should decide to leave the EU, we actually would have to move to another European capital...
China has released its latest house price data 19 June 2016 The figures were published yesterday in fact, but posting here now as a heads up. yy +6.9% vs +6.2% prev The HPI is based on transactions involving conventional and conforming mortgages - only on single-family properties...
Stickers and leaflets are seen on a table ahead of a Vote Remain event at Manchester Metropolitan University's student Union in Manchester, northern England June 16, 2016...
A vote ''Leave'' sticker is seen on a car parked in London, Britain June 14, 2016...
Branded merchandise is seen in the office of pro-Brexit group pressure group 'Leave.eu' in London, Britain February 12, 2016...
If you can't get enough Brexit polls ahead of the June 23 referendum, you're in luck...
Both sides suspended campaigning on whether Britain should leave the European Union after a lawmaker was attacked in her district...
Credit Agricole on the week ahead After several months of market volatility and anxious observation of the pre-referendum polls, FX investors will finally have an answer to the question: Brexit or Bremain? Our central case still is that a Brexit will be avoided...
French economy minister Emmanuel Macron speaking in Le Monde 18 June 2016 "Leaving the EU would mean the Guernseyfication of the UK which would then be a little country on the world scale...
Reuters reporting comments from the Reserve Bank of India governor 18 June 2016 Raghuram Rajan, a former chief economist at the IMF, says he will be standing down on 4 September after one term and returning to academia...
BMG Research have published their final EU Referendum poll results 18 June 2016 I gave the heads up to watch out for this delayed poll result yesterday and as JG points out in the comments section ,it may well have been leaked and had some impact late in NY trading...
Nasdaq hit hardest. The US major stock indices or ending down on the day and down on the week. The hardest hit was the NASDAQ composite index, which was down by my 0.92% in trading today and -1.92% for the trading week. The S&P 500 index fell by my 0.33% in trading today and was down -1...
Analysts at JPMorgan attempt to sift through the polls Cable squeezed higher late in trading on Friday but sank a half-cent from the highs, in part because JPMorgan analysts released a report arguing that the 'leave' side truly is ahead...
