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Daily Insights
July 21, 2023

Sterling is higher against the greenback this morning, hovering at the 1.2900 level after UK Retail data beat estimates. USD/JPY is up 0.1% to trade above 140 and AUD/USD slips 0.1% to 0.6774. EUR/USD ticks higher but remains trading mid 1.11-1.12. Yesterday, US initial jobless claims fell, suggesting resilience in the labour market, driving yields higher, with the 2-year yield gaining 7bps and the 10-year yield 10 bps.

UK Retail Sales Including Auto Fuel MoM was up 0.7% in the month of June vs. 0.2% estimated by economists. On a yearly basis, the same gauge dropped 1.0% vs. -1.6% estimated. Sterling rose as much as 0.3% to 1.2904, as bets that the BOE will remain hawkish build up, again.

Japan’s consumer prices advanced at a fast pace for the month of June in another indication that inflation remains sticky, a week before the BOJ policy meeting.

On other news, Spain will have a general election this Sunday, July 23. Polls suggest centre-right wing opposition PP is the one likely to win with most votes, but it may need the help of the far-right party Vox to govern. There are two potential economic outlook risks for Spain, the first one being Vox pushing PP to cut interest rates permanently in a country that has a high level of debt. Secondly, a change in government will put EUR 92million of EU money in doubt.

Have a good weekend.

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Economic Calendar

6:30am:
GBP - Retail Sales m/m
12:30pm:
CAD - Core Retail Sales m/m
12:30pm:
CAD - Retail Sales m/m
1:30am:
AUD - Employment Change
1:30am:
AUD - Unemployment Rate
12:30pm:
USD - Unemployment Claims

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
gbp/usd 1.2964 1.2841
eur/usd 1.1228 1.1119
eur/gbp 0.8698 0.8649
gbp/aud 1.9121 1.8854
gbp/nzd 2.0677 2.0498
usd/jpy 140.4900 139.1200
gbp/jpy 180.7000 179.7700
eur/cnh 2 2
usd/cnh
Equities and Commodities
FTSE100 7,646.0500
DOW30 35,225.1800
SP500 4,534.8700
FTSE
EURO STOXX 50
DOW
BRENT CRUDE
WTI
GOLD
UK NBP GAS
TTF DUCTCH GAS

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