Things To Look Out For Today - Events & Data (Ldn Times)...

Asia:
01:00am  - JPN Labor Cash Earnings
01:00am  - JPM Real Cash Earnings
02:00am  - NZD ANZ Commodity Price
02:30am  - AUD GDP
10:00am  - IND RBI Repurchase Rate
10:00am  - IND RBI Reverse Repo Rate


Europe:
08:00am  - ECB's Praet Speaks in Berlin
08:00am  - SPA Industrial Output
08:00am  - SPA Industrial Production
08:15am  - SWI CPI
08:30am  - GER Markit German Construction
09:10am  - ITL Markit Italy Retail PMI
09:10am  - FRA Markit France Retail PMI
09:10am  - GER Markit German Retail PMI
09:10am  - EUR Markit Eurozone Retail PMI
10:00am  - ECB's Knot Speaks in The Hague Parliament
16:00pm  - BOE's McCafferty Speaks on LBC Radio
18:10pm  - ECB's Angeloni Speaks on Panel in Brussels


US:
12:00pm  - US MBA Mortgage Applications
13:30pm  - US Non Farm Productivity
13:30pm  - US Trade Balance
13:30pm  - CAD Building Permits
15:00pm  - CAD Ivey Purchasing Manager


Market Focus this Morning...
- China offered to purchase nearly $70 billion of U.S. farm and energy products
if the Trump administration abandons threatened tariffs, according to people
briefed on the latest negotiations with American trade officials.
-  White House Economic Advisor Kudlow said US President Trump is seriously
considering splitting NAFTA talks and may be moving quickly towards separate
bilateral talks with Canada and Mexico.
-  @realDonaldTrump - Meeting in Singapore with North Korea will hopefully be
the start of something big...we will soon see!
- Mexican Economy Ministry confirmed they will impose tariffs of 15% to 25% on
US steels products and some agricultural goods.
- ECB’s Weidmann said Italian market turmoil shows the currency union is not
yet crisis proof.