by Ryan Littlestone | December 14th, 2018, 13:32:54 | Economic Data, News, US
November 2018 US retail sales data 14 December 2018 Retail sales 0.2% vs 0.2% exp m/m. Prior 0.8%. Revised to 1.1% Ex-autos 0.2% vs 0.2% exp m/m. Prior 0.7%. Revised to 1.0% Ex-gas/autos 0.5% vs vs 0.3% prior. Revised to 0.7% Control group 0.9% vs 0.4% exp m/m. Prior... 
by Ryan Littlestone | December 14th, 2018, 09:01:52 | Economic Data, Eurozone, France, Germany, News
December 2018 Eurozone Markit flash manufacturing and services PMI’s 14 December 2018 Manufacturing 51.4 vs 51.9 exp. Prior 51.8 Services 51.4 vs 53.5 exp. Prior 53.4 Composite 51.3 vs 52.8 exp. Prior 52.7 Getting precariously close to the contraction level.... 
by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2018, 14:32:38 | Central Banks, ECB, News
Highlights of the ECB press conference following the December 2018 ECB governing council meeting 13 December 2018 Opening remarks; Incoming data were weaker than expected Weaker data reflects softer external demands Inflation will continue to converge after buying... 
by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2018, 12:47:53 | Central Banks, ECB, News
Details from the December 2018 ECB governing council meeting 13 December 2018 Main interest rate 0.0% Deposit rate -0.40% Marginal lending rate 0.25% Notes; Will reinvest for an extended period and passed a rate increase Expects rates to remain at their present levels... 
by Ryan Littlestone | December 13th, 2018, 11:07:23 | Central Banks, ECB, News
Here’s what to look for from the ECB Today marks the end of the ECB’s QE program, sort of. By the end of this month they would have racked up nearly $3tn in government and corporate assets. Has it been a success? That’s a very open question but one we don’t need... 
by Ryan Littlestone | December 12th, 2018, 15:32:03 | Economic Data, News, US
US weekly oil inventory data w/e 7 December 2018 Oil inventories -1.208m vs -3.500m exp. Prior -7.323m OPD -10.180m Cushing 1.148m vs 1.729m prior. OPD 0.642m Gasoline 2.087m vs 2.250m exp. Prior 1.699m. OPD -2.484m Distillates -1.475m vs 1.850m exp. Prior 3.811m. OPD...