US November NFIB small business optimism index 98.4 vs 98.2 prior 0 (0)

Prior 98.2

The headline reading belies some of the pessimistic details in the report. The uncertainty index slipped a further 4 points to 63 last month while expectations fell by 1 point to -38. The latter ties a 48-year record low reading.
Of note, small businesses are said to be downbeat

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EUR/USD buyers seize back near-term control but upside may prove to be limited 0 (0)

That’s a modest turnaround on the session as buyers push back above 1.1300. Of note, they have also breached the key hourly moving averages @ 1.1296-00. That sees the near-term bias shift back in favour of buyers for now.

The chart above may seem like buyers are making a play but there are stil

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US futures turn negative as early optimism fades 0 (0)

Meanwhile, Nasdaq futures are the laggard being down 0.7% on the session.The mood today has some similarities to trading sentiment yesterday, where stocks fell late on. As mentioned earlier in the day, the key focus this week is still on the Fed and other major central bank meetings.Until we get to

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PBOC says yuan flexibility to strengthen next year 0 (0)

To create a suitable monetary, financial environment to maintain economic operations in a reasonable rangePrudent monetary policy should be flexible, moderateLiquidity should be reasonably abundantThe headline remark is perhaps a notable one after they stepped in to curb yuan appreciation last week

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Eurozone October industrial production +1.1% vs +1.2% m/m expected 0 (0)

Prior -0.2%
Industrial production +3.3% vs +3.0% y/y expected
Prior +5.2%

A light bounce in euro area production, owing to rises in capital and consumer goods. This is a bit of a lagging data point though as it pertains to October. So, there isn’t much to really extrapolate from this

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