New York Session Heads Up May 19 2022
- Biden To Meet Leaders Of Finland, Sweden On NATO Expansion
- Stagflation Danger Stalks Global Economy Beset By War Fallout
- IIF: China, US Lead Rise In Global Debt To Record High $305 Trillion
- Eurozone Swings To A Rare Current Account Deficit In March
- ECB Accounts: Members Widely Expressed Concern Over The High Inflation
- US Yields Drop As Growth Worries Mount Amid Hawkish Fed
- Swiss Franc Extends Biggest Gains Since 2015 On Rate Hike Bets
- CLS: Daily FX Trading Volumes Reach $1.86 Trln In April, Up 5%
- Oil Prices Extend Losses On Fears Of Economic Slowdown
- BOE Gold Trades At Rare Discount In Sign Of Central Bank Selling
- US Stock Futures Slide After Worst Day For Wall Street Equities Since 2020
- US Companies Boost Capital Spending To Tackle Supply Bottlenecks
- Kohl’s Corporation Slips On Big Profit Miss, Trimmed Forecast
- Economists Cut China Growth Forecasts As Lockdowns Hit Economy
- Fed’s Evans Sees Inflation Curbed With Few Hikes Past Neutral
- US Bidding War Show Sign Of Cooling As Mortgage Rates Hurt
- China Banks May Lower Lending Rates, Giving Economy Relief
- China Covid Cases Trend Down But Lockdown Threat Remains
- Shanghai To Increase Easing In Zero-Covid Areas In Early June
- Japanese Inc Turns Against Central Bank’s Monetary Stimulus
- Australia’s Unemployment Hits 3.9%, Lowest Level Since 1974
- UK Pledge Targeted Tax Cut For Businesses In Autumn Budget
- Sunak Warns Extra Cost-Of-Living Help Risks Feeding Inflation
- Global Bonds Switch To Rally Mode, Recession Fears Intensify
- Asia To Increase US Gasoline Exports As Higher Prices Beckon
- Melvin Capital Set To Close Funds After Heavy Equities Losses
Economic Data
- Japanese Buying Foreign Stocks (JPY) May-13: -57.4B (R prev 404.8B)
- Japanese Core Machine Orders (M/M) Mar: 7.1% (exp 3.9%; prev -9.8%)
- Japanese Trade Balance (JPY) Apr: -839.2B (exp -1150.0B; R prev -414.1B)
- Australian Employment Change Apr: 4.0K (exp 30.0K; prev 17.9K)
- New Zealand PPI Input (Q/Q) Q1: 3.6% (R prev 1.2%)
Ukraine War
- Biden To Meet Leaders Of Finland, Sweden On NATO Expansion – RTRS
- Sanctions Slow Burn Gives Putin More Time To Be Defiant, For Now – BBG
- Germany’s Scholz Proposes EU Solidarity Fund To Rebuild Ukraine – RTRS
- Poland Says It Will Help Sweden, Finland If They’re Attacked Before NATO Accession – RTRS
Crypto
- Crypto Crash Leaves El Salvador With No Easy Exit From Worsening Crisis – RTRS
- Crypto-Loving S.Koreans Bet On Luna Rising From Ashes, Worrying Regulator – RTRS
- US Crypto Lobbyists In Push To Contain Fallout From Stablecoin Meltdown – RTRS
- Coinbase Launches New Crypto Think Tank To Help Shape Policies – CoinTelegraph
- Solana, Cardano Down By 9%; Cryptos See Weakness Upon US Consumer Data – CoinDesk
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