Europe

While the market is still enjoying the post-NFP weekly data lull, economic data starts to pick up again in the coming days, alongside the start of the reporting season. Below are this week's key events.

From DB, a brief recap of all upcoming global events:

With a particularly quiet start to the week today and no notable releases due out, we’re jumping straight ahead to tomorrow where the early data is out of Germany with the confirmation of the final March CPI data.

 

it has been a rather quiet session, which saw Japan modestly lower dragged again by a lower USDJPY which hit fresh 17 month lows around 170.6 before staging another modest rebound and halting a six-day run of gains; China bounced after a slightly disappointing CPI print gave hope there is more space for the PBOC to ease; European equities rose, led by Italian banks which surged ahead of a meeting to discuss the rescue of various insolvent Italian banks, while mining stocks jumped buoyed by rising metal prices with signs of a pick-up in Chinese industrial demand.

by Ron Paul

On Sunday Ukrainian prime minister Yatsenyuk resigned, just four days after the Dutch voted against Ukraine joining the European Union. Taken together, these two events are clear signals that the US-backed coup in Ukraine has not given that country freedom and democracy. They also suggest a deeper dissatisfaction among Europeans over Washington’s addiction to interventionism.

One of the biggest unconfirmed secrets of recent market action was whether or not there was a Shanghai Accord in February, in which the G20 and central bankers decided to push the dollar lower to benefit China at the expense of Japan and Europe, both of whom have suffered substantially in recent weeks as a result of their own currencies surging, pushing local stock markets lower (and sending European banks sliding).

Submitted by $hane Obata

USD: Return Of The King

Falling oil prices, China growth fears, submerging markets, Brexit and Italian banks. All of those risks have one thing in common: They have not derailed the US economy. Despite concerns about a recession, it continues to grow at a steady pace. According to the Atlanta Fed, real GDP is expected to grow by 0.7% in Q1’16. That is not a great number; however, the series is extremely volatile.

sources: Bloomberg, @Not_Jim_Cramer