U.S. Markets Post Strong Weekly Gains Despite Middle East Tensions and Rising Energy Prices 
Colombia and Ecuador Trade War Escalates With Retaliatory Tariffs 
Federal Reserve Probes Big Banks Over Private Credit Exposure Amid Growing Systemic Risk Concerns 
Goldman Sachs, ANZ Cut Oil Forecasts Amid U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Hopes 
U.S. Stock Futures Surge as Trump Announces Iran Ceasefire, Oil Prices Plunge 
Oil Prices Rebound as Hormuz Disruptions and Middle East Tensions Rattle Markets 
U.S. Futures Dip as Iran Ceasefire Faces Early Challenges 
U.S.-Iran Ceasefire: Fragile Truce Raises Hopes for Strait of Hormuz Peace Deal 
This week is filled with big data and event risks. The focus is on Trump-Xi meeting.
What to watch for over the coming days:
- Central banks:
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will speak at the University of Michigan Ford School of public policy on Monday. There will be Q&A session. Bank of Canada (BoC) will announce interest rate decision on Wednesday.
- Key economic data:
Several key economic dockets scheduled for release this week; UK inflation report on Tuesday, China inflation report and UK unemployment report on Wednesday, Chinese trade balance report on Thursday, and the US retail sales report, and CPI inflation report on Friday.
- G-7 meeting:
As the relation between the United States and Russia worsens, US secretary of state Rex Tillerson will attend the two-day G-7 meeting on Monday in Italy.
- US earnings:
US earnings season kicks off this week and it is the first since Trump Presidency. This week some of the big names in the banking industry such as Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, and Citigroup will announce earnings.
Along with the above fundamentals, unscheduled Brexit commentaries are likely to keep influencing the market.
