• The UK Parliament voted down the government’s plan for the interminably tedious EU-UK divorce. This was expected.
• The UK Parliament will almost certainly reject a no-deal exit today. That leaves extending the process. If the UK government is legally mandated to avoid a no-deal exit, they can extend Article 50, or withdraw and resubmit Article 50 (if the EU does not cooperate).
• Euro area industrial production data is due.
• US durable goods orders offer some insight into investment spending in the US  Investment should be stabilizing as the uncertainties over NAFTA’s future fade.
• Producer price inflation hints at whether US companies are passing on higher labor costs as inflation.

 

Le passage de Powell à l’émission 60 minutes fait monter WST

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