Daily digest market movers: ECB and PPI as drivers
- On the geopolitical front, China has sanctioned two US companies for allegedly selling arms to Taiwan, according to Bloomberg.
- The European Central Bank is set to announce its monetary policy decision on Thursday:
- At 12:15 GMT, the ECB’s Policy Rate decision will be released, accompanied by a written statement.
- At 12:45 GMT, ECB President Christine Lagarde will speak and have a Q&A session with reporters.
- Around 12:30 GMT, a bulk load of US data will be released:
- Jobless Claims:
- Initial Jobless Claims are expected to decline to 215,000 from 221,000 in the week ending on April 5.
- Continuing Jobless Claims data are for the week ending on March 29. There were 1.791 million claims the week before.
- The Producer Price Index (PPI) data for March will be released at the same time:
- Monthly headline PPI is set to decline to 0.3% from 0.6%.
- Yearly headline PPI is expected to grow at a faster pace of 2.2% from 1.6%.
- Monthly core PPI is set to increase by 0.2%, slowing from 0.3%.
- Yearly core PPI is anticipated to increase by 2.3%, more than the 2.0% seen a month earlier.
- Jobless Claims:
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams will deliver some remarks around 12:45 GMT.
- Another Fed speaker, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic, will speak around 17:10 GMT.
- US equity futures are rather flat ahead of the PPI numbers later on Thursday. Traders are digesting if risk on is the way to go as it becomes increasingly likely that US interest rates will probably remain elevated for longer.
- After the hotter-than-expected US consumer inflation data released on Wednesday, expectations for a hold in the Fed’s interest rate at the June meeting increased sharply to over 80%, from roughly 40% before the release of the CPI figures.
- The benchmark 10-year US Treasury Note trades around 4.56%, which is lower ahead of US inflation.
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