Morning Juice – Europe Session Prep

Good Morning Traders.
It is Tuesday the 18th of February. Here is what to look out for today.

Sentiment
Australia’s dollar swings between gains and losses versus the US currency after the RBA cut interest rates as expected but said it remains cautious on prospects of further easing. Treasury yields rose across the curve on return from holiday long weekend. Yields on 10-year Treasuries rose 3.5bps to 4.51%. Euro and pound both lost about 0.2% to hit 1.0462 and 1.2600, respectively.

Docket
02:00 ET
UK Employment Change SA
Median Forecast: -30K | Prior: -47K | Range: 0K / -50K
UK Unemployment Change
Median Forecast: 10K | Prior: 0.7K
UK Unemployment Rate
Median Forecast: 4.5% | Prior: 4.4% | Range: 4.6% / 4.4%
UK Employment Change 3M/3M
Median Forecast: 50K | Prior: 36K | Range: 75K / 20K
UK Average Earnings
Median Forecast: 5.9% | Prior: 5.6% | Range: 6% / 5.4%
UK Average Weekly Earnings
Median Forecast: 5.9% | Prior: 5.6% | Range: 6.1% / 5.2%

02:45 ET
French CPI Final
YoY – Median Forecast: 1.4% | Prior: 1.4% | Range: 1.5% / 1.4%
MoM – Median Forecast: -0.1% | Prior: -0.1% | Range: -0.1% / -0.1%
HICP YoY – Median Forecast: 1.8% | Prior: 1.8% | Range: 1.8% / 1.8%
HICP MoM – Median Forecast: -0.2% | Prior: -0.2% | Range: -0.2% / -0.2%

05:00 ET
German ZEW
Current Conditions – Median Forecast: -89.4 | Prior: -90.4 | Range: -87 / -91.5
Economic Sentiment – Median Forecast: 20 | Prior: 10.3 | Range: 31.2 / 5

Speakers
04:00 ET
ECB’s Holzmann speaks at Club of Business Journalists in Vienna.

04:30 ET
BoE’s Gov. Bailey appears in a fireside chat with Bruegel director Jeromin Zettelmeyer in Brussels. The topic is preserving and enhancing open financial markets.