Global Market Insights:
Key US Inflation Report Beats Forecast; US Job Market Remains Strong…
- US Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) beats forecast; US Dollar tics higher; US SP500 and Dow Jones stock index futures tic lower; precious metals reverse EU session gains and tic lower;
- Positive US economic data may be bad news for stocks and commodities in the very short term; US jobs market remains strong; the weekly jobless claims report came in better than forecast; positive data adds downside risk that the US Fed may not have to be as aggressive with pending interest rate cuts;
- European economies may be getting a boost; the European Central Bank (ECB) Council agreed to prepare for adding further economic stimulus according to the latest release of the ECB Account of Monetary Policy Meeting;
Tomorrow Economic Events
- Fed Monetary Policy Report;
- US Producer Price Index (PPI);
Upcoming Earnings
- Goldman Sachs reports on July 16th (Tuesday); forecasted to earn $5.212 per share (EPS) on $9.048.375 billion in sales;
Charts
US Dow Jones; SP500 and NASDAQ attempting to break out higher to new all time historic highs;
Platinum prices in weak uptrend; upside price momentum starting to increase;
German DAX holding above support; potential for upside surprise move; downside risk seen limited to 12,340 from current price 14,460;
GBP/USD potential upside break-out as price bounces off recent lows;
EUR/USD remains in a multi-month weak uptrend;
Crude Oil (CL) facing resistance; upside momentum slowing; price looking for next catalyst;
Source: FXGM / Bloomberg