POLAND: Parliament To Hold Confidence Vote Wednesday At 13:00BST/14:00CEST
Jun-09 07:21
- The lower house of parliament (Sejm) will start proceeding the motion of confidence in Prime Minister Donald Tusk's cabinet at 09:00BST/10:00CEST on Wednesday, June 11. The vote has been scheduled for 13:00BST/14:00CEST. The cabinet is expected to survive the confidence vote, although the centre-right Polish People's Party (PSL) is due to take a formal decision today, while Poland 2050 (P2050) called for the text of the Prime Minister's speech to be consulted with coalition partners. Leaders of the coalition parties will hold another meeting today to prepare for the upcoming vote.
- In an internal poll conducted by PSL among its grassroots members, 70% of respondents expressed support for the continuation of the current ruling coalition.
- P2050 leader Szymon Hołownia said that the coalition should add a banking windfall tax or 'mortgage holidays' to the list of its policy commitments.
- President Andrzej Duda called a meeting of the National Security Council (RBN) to discuss energy security. The meeting will take place within the next two weeks and was called on the back of recent blackouts in Spain, Portugal and part of France, which officials deemed a 'warning signal' for other European countries.
- The National Electoral Commission (PKW) will hold a meeting today to discuss reports of irregularities in the counting of votes in several polling stations. The incidents were few and far between and are highly unlikely to affect the outcome of the presidential election.
- The local data docket lacks any first-tier releases until Friday, when Statistics Poland will publish final May CPI data.
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MACRO OUTLOOK: US PPI/Retail Sales And Powell Follow On Thursday [2/2]
May-09 20:17
- Core PCE implications will then be watched closely in Thursday’s PPI report, and we expect with additional focus on portfolio management after last month’s huge upward revision to February.
- Retail sales, whilst only reported in nominal terms, will offer a keenly awaited look at consumer behavior.
- Real spending moderated to 1.8% annualized in Q1 after 4.0% in Q4 despite likely tariff front-running, with April a good test of how much discretionary spending was pulled forward.
- Finally, Powell provides “Opening Remarks” at the Second Thomas Laubach Research Conference, although he’s allotted twenty minutes so there is scope for more substantive remarks than you’d usually expect. His message at Wednesday’s FOMC press conference was one firmly of being in no hurry to cut rates amidst huge uncertainty. He also appeared to put more weight on hard data over soft indicators that appear more stagflationary in nature.
MACRO OUTLOOK: US CPI Offers Look At April Tariff Distortions on Tuesday [1/2]
May-09 20:15
- The week’s US data calendar is highlighted by CPI inflation on Tuesday although PPI inflation and retail sales reports on Thursday are in close second. All three releases are going to be important, offering further hard data for April in the first month under reciprocal tariffs. What’s more, PPI and retail sales are followed by Fed Chair Powell just ten minutes after their release (more on that below).
- Core CPI inflation is seen accelerating to 0.3% M/M in April, with six unrounded estimates we’ve seen to date averaging 0.27% M/M.
- A potential for a ‘low’ 0.3% aside, it’s still likely a swift acceleration from a particularly soft 0.06% M/M in March which was in large part down to surprisingly abrupt declines in lodging away from home (-3.5%) and airfare (-5.3%) prices.
- This lodging weakness carried over to core PCE inflation back in March, at just 0.03% M/M after a particularly strong 0.50% M/M in February in a large wedge with core CPI at 0.23% M/M.
- Markets currently price a next Fed cut with the September FOMC meeting.
USDCAD TECHS: Pressuring Resistance
May-09 20:00
- RES 4: 1.4296 High Apr 7
- RES 3: 1.4111 High Apr 4
- RES 2: 1.4041 50-day EMA
- RES 1: 1.3943 High May 9
- PRICE: 1.3930 @ 16:06 BST May 9
- SUP 1: 1.3751 Low May 6
- SUP 2: 1.3744 76.4% retracement of Sep 25 ‘24 - Feb 3 bull run
- SUP 3: 1.3696 Low Oct 10 2024
- SUP 4: 1.3643 Low Oct 9 ‘24
USDCAD has recovered from its recent lows. Despite the recovery, the trend condition remains bearish and short-term gains are considered corrective. A fresh cycle low on Tuesday reinforces the bearish theme. Potential is seen for a move towards 1.3744, a Fibonacci retracement. Note that moving average studies are in a bear mode position, highlighting a dominant downtrend. Key resistance is seen at 1.4041, the 50-day EMA.
