{"id":25594,"date":"2018-03-19T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=25594"},"modified":"2018-03-19T12:26:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:56:36","slug":"monday-19th-march-markets-on-a-shaky-start-for-the-week-all-eyes-on-the-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ic-cn-asia.com\/blog\/monday-19th-march-markets-on-a-shaky-start-for-the-week-all-eyes-on-the-fed\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 19th March: Markets on a shaky start for the week, All eyes on the Fed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGlobal Markets:<\/strong><\/span>
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  • \n\t\tAsian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 1.04%, Shanghai Composite up 0.12%, Hang Seng up 0.29%, ASX up 0.17%<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\tCommodities : Gold at $1309.50 (-0.21%), Silver at $16.25 (-0.17%), WTI Oil at $66.00 (-0.32%), Brent Oil at $62.22 (-0.30%)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  • \n\t\tRates : US 10-year yield at 2.854, UK 10-year yield at 1.435, Germany 10-year yield at 0.571<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \n\tNews & Data:<\/strong><\/span>
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    • \n\t\t(USD) Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment 102 vs 99.2 expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(USD) Industrial Production m\/m 1.10% vs 0.30% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(USD) Capacity Utilization Rate 78.10% vs 77.70% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(USD) Housing Starts 1.24M vs 1.29M expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(USD) Building Permits 1.30M vs 1.32M expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(CAD) Manufacturing Sales m\/m -1.00% vs -0.80% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(CAD) Foreign Securities Purchases 5.68B vs 9.11B expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\t(EUR) Final CPI y\/y 1.10% vs 1.20% expected<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tBOJ Opinions: Yen, Stocks Could Delay 2% CPI<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tChina's home prices rise 0.2 pct in Feb from Jan<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
    • \n\t\tPBoC’s Yi Gang: China To Continue Prudent Monetary Policy<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \n\tCFTC Positioning Data (Week Ending March 13th, 2018)<\/strong>
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