New York Session Heads Up March 31 2022

New York Session Heads Up March 31 2022, What happened before this:

• Eurozone Unemployment At Record Low Of 6.8% In February
• ECB’s Lane: Sees Inflation Stabilising Around 2% Target
• ECB’s Guindos: Hopes Inflation To Peak In Next 2-3 Months
• French Inflation Jumps More Than Expected To Hit New Record
• Italian Inflation Surges To 7% On Energy Prices Stoked By War
• UK Economy Grew 1.3% In Q4 From Previous Quarter
• COVID Spending Helped UK Economy To Grow In Late 2021
• Nationwide: UK House Price Growth Hits 18 – Year High
• BoJ To Boost April-June Bond Buying In Yield Cap Defence
• US Biden Planning To Tap Oil Reserve To Control Gas Prices
• Russia Appears To Be Softening Gas-For-Roubles Demand
• China PMI Contracts As Covid Outbreaks Spark Lockdowns
• Sterling Slips Vs Dollar, Bounces Off 3-Month Low Against Euro
• US Weighs Oil Release To Combat Inflation, Considering 1M Bpd, Totalling 180M
• Beijing Moves To Strengthen Moscow Ties In Wake Of Ukraine Invasion
• Ukrainian Negotiator: Side’s Will Resume Peace Talks Online On April 1
• Britain’s Spy Chief: Russian Soldiers Refused To Carry Out Orders In Ukraine
• Russia Plays Down Progress In Peace Talks, Intensifies Attacks In E. Ukraine
• China’s Factory Activity Contracted On Covid Resurgence In March
• Japan’s February Factory Output Rises For First Time In Three Months
• White House Plays Down Yield Curve Inversion As US Recession Indicator
• Biden May Invoke Defence Production Act For Electric Car Battery Metals
• Fed’s George: We Must Move Expeditiously To Neutral Funds Rate
• Euro Holds At One-Month High, Yen Set For Worst Month Since 2016
• FCA Extends Crypto Registration Deadline For 12 Firms In U-Turn
• Japan’s 10-Yr Bond Yield Rise After BoJ’s Expanded Intervention
• Oil Prices Tumble More Than $5/Bbl As Biden Weighs Massive Release
• OPEC+ Technical Committee Replaces IEA With Wood Mackenzie, Rystad
• Germany Claims Putin Is Backing Off Demand For Ruble Gas Payments
• China Stocks Weaken On Manufacturing Data And US Shares Fell

 

Economic Data

• Eurozone Unemployment Rate Feb: 6.8% (est 6.7%, prev 6.8%; prevR 6.9%)
• German Retail Sales NSA (Y/Y) Feb: 7.0% (est 6.3%; prev 10.3%; prevR 10.4%)
• German Unemployment Change Mar: -18.0K (est -20.0K; prev -33.0K; prevR -32.0K)
• UK GDP (Q/Q) Q4 F: 1.3% (est 1.0%; prev 1.0%)
• UK Nationwide House Price NSA (Y/Y) Mar: 14.3% (est 13.4%; prev 12.6%)
• UK Current Account Balance Q4: -7.3Bln (est -18.5Bln; prev -24.4Bln; prevR -28.9Bln)
• UK Private Consumption (Q/Q) Q4 F: 0.5% (est 1.2%; prev 1.2%)
• UK Government Spending (Q/Q) Q4 F: 1.5% (est 1.9%; prev 1.9%)
• UK Gross Fixed Capital Formation Q4 F: 1.1% (est 2.2%; prev 2.2%)
• UK Exports (Q/Q) Q4 F: 6.9% (est 4.9%; prev 4.9%)
• UK Imports (Q/Q) Q4 F: 0.3% (est -1.5%; prev -1.5%)
• UK Total Business Investment (Q/Q) Q4 F: 1.0% (est 0.9%; prev 0.9%)
• French CPI EU Harmonised (M/M) Mar P: 1.6% (est 1.50%; prev 0.90%)
• French CPI (M/M) Mar P: 1.4% (est 1.3%; prev 0.8%)
• French PPI (M/M) Feb: 1.1% (prev 4.6%; prevR 4.7%)
• French Consumer Spending (M/M) Feb: 0.8% (est 1.1%; prev -1.5%; prevR -2.0%)
• Swiss Real Retail Sales (Y/Y) Feb: 12.8% (prev 5.1%; prevR 5.7%)
• Swiss Foreign Exchange Transactions (CHF) Q4: 12627Mln (prev 2789Mln)
• Italian Unemployment Rate Feb: 8.5% (est 8.7%; prev 8.8%)
• Italian CPI EU Harmonized (M/M) Mar P: 2.6% (est 2.8%, prev 0.8%)
• Italian CPI NIC incl. tobacco (M/M) Mar P: 1.2% (est 0.9%, prev 0.9%)
• South African PPI (Y/Y) Feb: 10.5% (est 10.2%; prev 10.1%)
• China Manufacturing PMI Mar: 49.5 (est 49.8; prev 50.2)
• Japan Industrial Production (M/M) Feb P: 0.1% (est 0.5%; prev -0.8%)
• Japan Housing Starts (Y/Y) Feb: 6.3% (est 1.2%; prev 2.1%)
• Australian Building Approvals (M/M) Feb: 43.5% (est 5.0%; prev -27.9%)
• Australian Job Vacancies (Q/Q) Feb: 6.9% (prev 18.5%)
• Australian Private Sector Credit (M/M) Feb: 0.6% (est 0.6%; prev 0.6%)
• UK Lloyds Business Barometer Mar: 33 (prev 44)

 

 

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