Economic Indicators and Prospects
🇺🇸 U.S. Jobless Claims Fell Last Week to Match Lowest Since 1968 – Bloomberg
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 7, 2022
*Link: https://t.co/MXmdjDaffF pic.twitter.com/5uGv89fjAw
Used Vehicle Wholesale Prices Decline Seasonally Adjusted in March https://t.co/eQObtaDLGM pic.twitter.com/745VLNXi7s
— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) April 7, 2022
Housing
1st Look at Local Housing Markets in March
— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) April 7, 2022
A Sea Change in Active Inventoryhttps://t.co/nL7UsFhlGP
Inventory was up 31.5% in March MoM from February, and down 1.0% YoY. Last month, these markets were down 26.1% YoY, so this is a significant change from February. pic.twitter.com/Z3A2M3cpLi
Monetary Policy
🇺🇸 #Fed's Bostic, Evans back rate rises with dovish overtones – Reutershttps://t.co/GLpsQEYaTB
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain and Geopolitics
China lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for reportedly planning a trip to Taiwan that’s been delayed because she has Covid https://t.co/o7R2e53u0j
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) April 8, 2022
Covid-19
🇨🇳 #Covid Zero Defended in #China as Shanghai Cases Top 21,000 – Bloomberghttps://t.co/Lqmwt12Pal
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
Economic Indicators and Prospects
Goldman Sachs Sees Mild PPI Boost From China Covid Disruptions – BBG https://t.co/mRoZRBdlpP
— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) April 8, 2022
Housing
Market rumors say the lowest mortgage rates in Guangzhou have been lowered to 4.6% offered by HSBC and Standard Chartered while 5.2 by the big fours.
— CN Wire (@Sino_Market) April 8, 2022
HSBC confirms. But the offer depends on the loan authorization department.
Source: CSJ#China #realestate
🇨🇳 Five of #China’s largest banks announce COVID #mortgage relief – Global Timeshttps://t.co/tWOeIMpPi7
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
Monetary Policy
RBA’s Financial Stability Review For April 2022 – RBA https://t.co/UKHkX3WLXe pic.twitter.com/XyTSmCdhhY
— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) April 8, 2022
India’s central bank keeps borrowing costs at a record-low for an eleventh straight meeting as it tries to insulate the economy from the war in Ukraine https://t.co/3gkp0jq2Ey
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) April 8, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain and Geopolitics
🇯🇵 🇷🇺 *KISHIDA: RUSSIA'S INHUMANE ACTIONS IN UKRAINE HAVE BECOME CLEAR – BBG
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
*KISHIDA: WILL BAN IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN COAL
*KISHIDA: WILL BAN IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN GOODS SUCH AS VODKA
🇨🇳 #Shanghai Covid lockdown ‘will have a global effect on almost every trade’ – FThttps://t.co/N1WmxKFAhd
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
Economic Indicators and Prospects
🇬🇧 U.K. Joining Salaries Rise at Fastest Rate Since at Least 1997 – Bloomberghttps://t.co/hjZ5RJHf3y
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
Monetary Policy
War In Ukraine Unlikely To Deter ECB From December Rate Hike – BBG https://t.co/APZG2vCtvm
— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) April 8, 2022
Fiscal Policy
Portugal’s government plans to further reduce the fuel tax as it tries to contain the rise in energy costs caused by the invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/ITOq3xQStN
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) April 8, 2022
Energy
European natural gas prices fluctuated as plenty of supply and milder weather forecasts countered worries over exports from Russia https://t.co/FYx8EihCCk
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) April 8, 2022
Politics
🇫🇷 #FRANCE | *MACRON LEADS LE PEN 52%-48% IN IFOP ELECTION RUNOFF POLL
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 7, 2022
*MACRON HAS 26.5%, LE PEN 24% IN DAILY IFOP ELECTION POLL
*MACRON LEADS LE PEN 53%-47% IN IPSOS ELECTION RUNOFF POLL
*MACRON HAS 26.5%, LE PEN 23% IN DAILY IPSOS ELECTION POLL
🇫🇷 #France | A lot of discussions about this poll doing the round ⬇https://t.co/DioVRVXLcT
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 7, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain and Geopolitics
Here's the latest updates from the Russian invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/olJ3zvzjrw
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) April 8, 2022
🇪🇺 🇷🇺 EU #Oil Embargo On #Russia Expected ‘Sooner Rather Than Later’ – FThttps://t.co/jAvyjyktoK
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
🌎 #Food Prices Jump Most on Record as War Sparks Supply Chaos – Bloomberg
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
*UN gauge of world food costs climbed to fresh record in March
*Link: https://t.co/FwAkpWTLbGhttps://t.co/l3sJe3O6jG
🌎 The FAO #Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 159.3 points in March 2022, up 17.9 points (12.6 percent) from February, making a giant leap to a new highest level since its inception in 1990.
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
*Link: https://t.co/4FeX2b1F0Zhttps://t.co/l3sJe3O6jG pic.twitter.com/Wb8MDVUQBR
🇵🇫 #Peru Lifts Key Rate to 13-Year High After Inflation Riots – Bloomberg
— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) April 8, 2022
*Fastest inflation since the 1990s triggered mass unrest
*Link: https://t.co/CebyoCpJN7 pic.twitter.com/TgC9qgIXWF