EUROPEAN SESSIONIn the European session, we have the German IFO survey. The IFO is correlated to the German Composite PMI given that they measure basically the ...

Prior -0.4%; revised to -0.6%Retail sales +1.7% vs +1.3% y/y expectedPrior +2.5%; revised to +1.8%Retail sales (ex autos, fuel) +0.2% vs 0.0% m/m expectedPrior ...

Trump to address top $TRUMP meme coin holders at Mar-a-Lago crypto summit Saturday 25 Apr.Israel UN envoy warns Lebanon ceasefire extension "not 100%" despite W...

Japan core CPI rose 1.8% y/y in March, matching forecasts but staying below BOJ's 2% target for a second month. Iran war energy shock seen pushing inflation hig...

Japan FinMin Katayama warns of rising oil price speculation and vows decisive action in coordination with the US. Currency swap lines with Washington remain unc...

The Corporate Service Price Index (CSPI) released by the Bank of Japan measures the prices of services traded among companies. It presents price developments th...

Japan inflation data for Match 2026.I'll post separately on details and BOJ/yen implications. -A few weeks ago we had March Tokyo CPI:Tokyo inflation cools furt...

Trump threatens fresh UK tariffs unless London drops its 2% digital services tax on large US tech platforms. The levy raises £800m annually and has survived pri...

National inflation data from Japan for March 2026 is due. Tokyo's March consumer price data, released three weeks ago, offers a useful early read on the nationa...

US initial jobless claims 214K vs 210K expectedUS April S&P Global services index 51.3 vs 50.3 expected"Don't rush me" Trump says when asked about IranTrump...

"Don't rush me," President Trump says when asked about Iran. "So were in Vietnam for 18 years. Iraq, many, many years....I've been doing this for...six weeks."F...

I have no idea whether the US is lying about Iran's negotiators fracturing or if Iran is lying. Either way, it's not the kind of thing that should be happening ...