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Lots of economic dockets scheduled for today and some with high risks associated.
Data released so far –
- China – MNI business sentiment rose to 54.5
- Japan – Nikkei manufacturing PMI marginally improved to 47.8
Upcoming –
- UK – Britons are voting in referendum over membership in the EU. Voting begins at 6:00 GMT and ends at 21:00 GMT.
- Japan – Leading economic index and coincident index will be released at 5:00 GMT.
- France – Business climate for June will be released at 6:45 GMT. Markit manufacturing and services PMI will be released at 7:00 GMT.
- Germany – Markit manufacturing and services PMI will be released at 7:30 GMT.
- Italy – Industrial sales and orders will be announced at 8:00 GMT. Prior -3.6 percent and 0.1 percent respectively. Trade balance for May will be announced at 9:00 GMT. Prior €3.6 billion.
- Eurozone – Markit services and manufacturing PMI will be announced at 8:00 GMT.
- United States – Chicago FED National activity index will be released 12:30 GMT. Prior 0.1. Weekly jobless claims report will be released at 12:30 GMT. Markit manufacturing PMI is scheduled to be published at 13:45 GMT. New home sales report for May will be published at 14:00 GMT. EIA will release weekly natural gas inventory report at 14:30 GMT. Kansas FED manufacturing index will be announced at 15:00 GMT. Prior -11.
- Japan – Corporate service prices will be released at 23:50 GMT. Prior 0.2 percent.
