Australia Westpac Leading Index WPAC comments: the six-month annualised growth rate in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity …
Japan core machine orders for January 2025: +4.4% y/y expected +6.9%, prior +4.3% For the m/m, a drop of 3.5% expected -0.1%, prior -1.2% These …
Japan data Trade Balance (February 2025) 584.5bn JPY expected 722.8bn, prior -2,736.6bn Imports -0.7% y/y expected +0.1%, prior +16.2% Exports +11.4% y/y expected +12.1%, prior …
Trump has fired two Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners. It remains to be seen if Trump has the authority to do so. The Wall …
Deutsche Bank has revised down its first-quarter U.S. GDP growth forecast to 1.5% (annualized), a 1 percentage point cut from its previous estimate, citing weaker-than-expected …
Reuters Tankan survey for March 2025 – Manufacturers’ sentiment drops to -1 in March from +3 in February – Non-manufacturers’ index declines to +25 from …
This via Reuters, citing ” a White House official said, clarifying comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent which suggested countries could negotiate before the U.S. …
A UBS note highlights that liquidity in S&P 500 futures has dwindled to levels rarely seen since 2020, touching this threshold only four times in …
A SpaceX capsule carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has splashdowned off the Florida coast. The two were stranded on the International Space Station due …
Rachel Reeves is the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Financial Times reports that she will “squeeze public spending further in Spring Statement”. Reeves is …