EUROPE
Leonid Bershidsky: EU Wants Members to Respect
Its Values or Take a Pay Cut – BB
The bloc’s spending plan
aims to nudge Eastern European nationalists into line.
The European
Commission’s proposals for the post-Brexit budget includes interesting and
probably somewhat controversial new tools placing pressure on both CEE and
Western countries. Getting these proposals through the negotiation process will
be anything but easy
DATA
Euro Area's Easter
Inflation Blip Gives ECB Cause to Stay Wary – BB
Eurozone core inflation
drops well below 1% - ING
MARKETS / OTHER
The North Korean leader’s moves show a keen sense of The Art of the Deal.
REGULARS
Fed held Funds Target Rate at 1.50%-1.75% as expected. Fed said inflation
moved close to its “symmetric” inflation target of 2% and is expected to ‘run
near’ that level over the medium term * Asian equity markets traded mostly
negative following the weakness on Wall St post-FOMC * Looking ahead,
highlights include Norges rate decision, UK services PMI, EU CPI, US trade,
weekly jobs, ISM non-mfg, factory orders, a slew of speakers and earnings
FirstFT Daily Briefing – FT
Musk mouths off, Cambridge Analytica closes, swivel-eyed shrimps
Tesla Burns Through Cash, U.S. Weighs Curbs on China Telecom Firms
The Fed | Chinese Trade Politics | Jobs Guarantee
Respite to Dollar Short Squeeze
Budget fallout — Hungary unhappy — What’s happening in Italy
Global Stocks, Dollar Slide As Nervous Traders Eye US-China Trade Talks
FINNISH
Euroalueelta saadaan tänään huhtikuun inflaatioluvut | Norjan keskuspankki
kokoustaa, mutta pitää korot ennallaan | Fed ei yllättänyt, vaan piti
rahapolitiikkansa ennallaan