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25 April 2024
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- Bunds followed USTs lower, while German consumer confidence rose to a two-year high amid an improvement in income expectations.
- Gilts also made losses even as a UK retail survey suggested a weak start to Q2 for sales and orders.
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25 April 2024
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- GDP: solid growth in Q1
- Inflation: brisk advances in the PCE price indexes
- Unemployment claims: dips in initial and continuing claims
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24 April 2024
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- Bunds made large losses as the ifo survey signalled accelerated recovery momentum in the German economy at the start of Q2, but Italian economic sentiment softened amid a deteriorating fiscal backdrop.
- Gilts also made losses as a UK survey signalled an improvement in manufacturing production expectations.
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23 April 2024
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- While ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos suggested that a rate cut in June is now almost a ‘fait accompli’, Bunds made losses as the flash PMIs suggested a pickup in growth momentum at the start of Q2.
- Gilts also made losses as the UK flash PMIs pointed to accelerated economic growth momentum and a notable increase in cost pressures in services, while BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill said there is still a ‘reasonable way to go’ before he is ready to support a rate cut.
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23 April 2024
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- New home sales: a jump in March, but sales figures are volatile from month-to-month
- Inventories: months’ supply elevated but not threatening
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22 April 2024
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- Bunds followed USTs higher even as euro area consumer confidence rose for a third consecutive month to its highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- Gilts also made gains on a quiet day for UK economic news.
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19 April 2024
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- Bunds made modest losses while today’s German figures showed a slight moderation in producer price deflation.
- Following a lacklustre UK retail sales report for March, Gilts made gains as BoE Deputy Governor Ramsden judged that risks to the inflation outlook are tilted to the downside and expressed greater confidence that inflation persistence should ease.
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19 April 2024
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- Q1 GDP: a firm performance expected
- Powell & colleagues: a shift in messaging acknowledging stalled progress on inflation
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