I guess the EU is becoming like the US with a sharp expansion of services and a decline in manufacturing.

Flash eurozone PMI falls in March as manufacturing downturn deepens

This report only shows a bunch of numbers and charts so no analysis can be made. On the other hand it would be nice to see if China is now buying more now from the EU because of the trade war with the US. If this is the case the US is shooting ...

Euro area monthly balance of payments: January 2019

Looks like there are less and less Chinese tourists visiting western countries. This surely is not good for business and we can thank Trump for that situation.

Swiss Watchmakers Are Caught in Middle of U.S.-China Trade War

I agree. This might be why that, according to zerohedge, the SNB held over $63 billion of US stocks at the end of 2017 including $1 billion in Apple stocks. What is the SNB doing with all these fruits?

SNB’s Maechler: Diversification Is Best FX Reserve Risk Management Tool

I wonder which news is the fake news. Of course there is a change that both are fake news. To be sure we need to ask Trump to take a lie detector test.

Trump: Deal With China Coming Along Very Well – Fox Business

The way I see it these days it's better to buy a 10-year German Bund that pays an interest rate of 0% than buying a 10-year US Treasury Bond that pays an interest rate of 2.89%. At least the German Bund capital will be reimbursed at maturity but ...

German 10-year yields dive below zero to two and a half year lows as growth fears roil markets

Wrong … Theresa May and Bloomberg are the same … clueless.

European Hopes Are Dimming for Brexit Miracle: Balance of Power

I agree with your comment except that it's a certainty that the world will go into a global recession.

UK Brexit Minister Kwarteng: Intolerable For UK To Take Part In EU Elections, UK Gvt Focus Is...

I wonder what both of them are smoking; surely it's not cigarettes or cigars.

ECB’s Pres Draghi: Told EU Leaders At Summit ECB Sees Protracted Weakness, Pervasive...

With an ATR of 146 pips last Friday the volatility of the pair was 40% higher than the last 10 days average. I think the volatility will continue until Brexit is finalised.

EURGBP runs to 1-month highs; tests upper Bollinger band

Fintech means replace financial workers by technology. The best example are the banks that keep closing small branches to relocate them to bigger banking centres and leaving the population to deal with a bank machine.

Quarterly Bulletin - 2019 Q1

Mild inflation is good for the economy. Super high inflation of the type that occurred in Argentina and Venezuela kills the economy.

Consumer Price Index, February 2019

Take a look at what's happening now in the US and American consumers are in the same boat as Canadians. All are carrying a debt burden that's unsustainable.

Retail trade, January 2019

Either Clete Willems has had enough with Trump or a financial firm made him an offer that he could not refuse

Top Trump trade official Clete Willems to leave the White House in weeks, as China talks...

I agree with you but Theresa May still has to convince the MPs that her solution is best.

Article 50 extended: Is a 'no deal' Brexit now more likely?

Looks like the EU is going into a full recession this year.

Euro area: Manufacturing recession deepens

President Trump surely considers this fake news because, as he stated many times, the US economy has never been better.

US business sees soft end to first quarter amid factory slowdown

Impressive … 8 traders are ousted. The debacle of 2008 was partially due to banks encouraging its traders to do whatever was necessary to make the maximum amount of money for the banks but only a few were reprimanded. So when banks became honest?

Citigroup Ousts 8 Traders After Stocks Misconduct Probe

Reading the whole report is a waste of time since it doesn't relate to anything new since it has more questions than answers.

Key events in developed markets next week

41% of traders are bullish on NZDUSD so it means … nothing. We will see if the traders are right or wrong by the end of next week.

Kiwi Weekly Price Outlook: NZD/USD Rebuffed at 2019 Range Resistance