by Ryan Littlestone | June 21st, 2018, 10:22:32 | BOE, Central Banks
Preview of the Bank of England June 2018 MPC meeting I’ve got a bit of a problem. The market has put another target on the calendar for a BOE rate hike and this time it’s August. Not content with the arse whipping it got on its May expectations, it’s... 
by Ryan Littlestone | June 21st, 2018, 08:30:39 | Economic Data, News, UK
May 2018 UK public sector finances 21 June 2018 Prior 6.230bn Ex-banks 4.966bn v s6.250bn exp. Prior 7.840bn PSNCR 4.507bn vs -9.710bn prior Central government NCR 6.9bn vs -6.1bn Prior Better borrowing numbers this month but no help to the pound. Good news for... 
by Ryan Littlestone | June 21st, 2018, 07:21:37 | Options
Forex options expiring at the 10am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 21 June 2018 Some decent expiries popping up today in a few pairs. I’m not sure what’s going on in SGD but it is particularly lumpy today. The 1.3200 in cable might be worth watching as the... 
by Ryan Littlestone | June 20th, 2018, 14:31:19 | Economic Data, News, US
US EIA oil invetory data week ending 15 June 2018 Prior -4.143m OPD -3.016m Cushing -1.296m vs 0.687m prior. OPD -1.594m Gasoline 3.277m vs -1.000m exp. Prior -2.271m. OPD 2.113m Distillates 2.715m vs -0.600m exp. Prior -2.101m. ODP 0.750m Production 10.90m unch Much... 
by Ryan Littlestone | June 20th, 2018, 14:02:16 | Economic Data, News, US
May 2018 US existing home sales data 20 June 2018 Prior 5.46m Inventory 1.85m vs 1.80m prior or 4.1 months worth vs 4.0 months prior Median sale prices $264,800, +4.9% vs May 2017. April $257,900 A touch soft but nothing dramatic. Not that the buck is paying it any...