{"id":14377,"date":"2015-08-17T05:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T05:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=14377"},"modified":"2015-08-17T05:03:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T05:03:56","slug":"monday-17th-august-european-open-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ic-cn-asia.com\/blog\/monday-17th-august-european-open-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 17th August: European Open Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>Global Markets:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAsian stock markets: Nikkei up 0.25 %, Shanghai Composite declined 0.10 %, Hang Seng fell 1.05 %, ASX rose 0.50 %\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCommodities: Gold at $1116 (+0.30 %), Silver at $15.21 (+0.05 %), WTI Oil at $42.60 (-1.25 %), Brent Oil at $48.60 (-0.25 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRates: US 10 year yield at 2.19, UK 10 year yield at 1.87, German 10 year yield at 0.65\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>News &amp; Data:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tJapan GDP QoQ -0.4 % (exp -0.5 % prev 1.1 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJapan GDP YoY -1.6 % (exp -1.9 % prev 4.5 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJapan GDP Capex -0.1 % (exp -0.1 % prev 2.8 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJapan GDP Price Index 1.6 % (prev 3.4 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJapan GDP Private Consumption -0.8 % (exp -0.4 % prev 0.3 %)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJapan EcoMin Amari: Expects Japan&#39;s Economy To Recover Moderately &#8212; RTRS\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAmari: Q2 Contraction Owing To Bad Weather, Taxes On Mini Vehicles &amp; Soft China\/US Exports &#8212; RTRS\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tPBOC Fixes Yuan Reference Rate At 6.3969 (prev 6.3975)\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>CFTC Positioning Data:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tEUR short 115K vs 113k short prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGBP short 10K vs. 10K short prior week\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tJPY short 105K vs. 80K short prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCAD short 67K vs. 64K short prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCHF short 7K vs 1.5K long prior week.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAUD short 51K vs. 50K short prior week\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tNZD short 11K vs. 12K short prior week\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Upcoming Events:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t10:00 BST &#8211; Euro Zone Trade Balance\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 BST &#8211; US NY Empire State Manufacturing Index\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 BST &#8211; US NAHB Housing Market Index\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>The Week Ahead (Key Data &amp; Events):<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<u>Tuesday, August 18th<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>02:30 BST &#8211; RBA Meeting Minutes<\/strong>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>09:30 BST &#8211; UK CPI<\/strong>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 BST &#8211; US Building Permits\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t13:30 BST &#8211; US Housing Starts\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Wednesday, August 19th<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t00:50 BST &#8211; Japanese Trade Balance\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 BST &#8211; Euro Zone Current Account\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>13:30 BST &#8211; US CPI<\/strong>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<u>Thursday, August 20th<\/u>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t07:00 BST &#8211; German PPI\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t09:00 BST &#8211; Norwegian GDP\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>09:30 BST &#8211; UK Retail Sales<\/strong>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>13:30 BST &#8211; US Initial Jobless Claims<\/strong>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 BST &#8211; US CB Leading Index\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 BST &#8211; US Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t15:00 BST &#8211; 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