Morning Juice – Europe Session Prep

Good Morning Traders.
It is Tuesday the 15th of April. Here is what to look out for today.

Sentiment
Australia’s central bank expressed caution over future interest- rate cuts, saying May would be an “opportune time” to revisit policy settings, according to minutes of its April meeting that was held just before US President Donald Trump’ unleashed a wave of tariffs that have roiled global markets. The US will begin imposing tariffs of more than 20% on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico, citing “unfairly priced” shipments from the country. The volume of goods processed by Chinese ports slowed last week for the first time since the Lunar New Year holiday – a trend that will undercut the value of exports going forward if it continues. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised President Javier Milei’s policies in Argentina as a model for other market-friendly governments in Latin America, in a symbolic show of support for the libertarian leader

Docket
02:00 ET
UK Employment Situation
Employment Change SA – Forecast: -15K | Prior: 21K | Range: 23K / -30K
Employment Change 3M/3M – Forecast: 170K | Prior: 144K | Range: 215K / 88K
Unemployment Rate – Forecast: 4.4% | Prior: 4.4% | Range: 4.5% / 4.3%
Unemployment Change – Prior: 44.2K
Average Earnings YoY – Forecast: 5.7% | Prior: 5.8% | Range: 5.8% / 5.4%:
Average Earnings (Ex Bonus) – Forecast: 6% | Prior: 5.9% | Range: 6% / 5.6%

02:45 ET
French CPI
YoY – Forecast: 0.8% | Prior: 0.8% | Range: 0.8% / 0.8%
MoM – Forecast: 0.2% | Prior: 0.2% | Range: 0.2% / 0.2%
HICP YoY – Forecast: 0.9% | Prior: 0.9% | Range: 0.9% / 0.9%
HICP MoM – Forecast: 0.2% | Prior: 0.2% | Range: 0.9% / 0.2%

05:00 ET
German ZEW
Current Conditions – Forecast: -86.9 | Prior: -87.6 | Range: -85 / -95
Economic Sentiment – Forecast: 10 | Prior: 51.6 | Range: 60 / -20
Survey Expectations – Prior: 39.8