Market Review 15 May 2020

by Constantinos Loizou

  • In today’s Economic calendar we can expect to see some volatility in the EUR and USD.
  • At 06:00 (GMT), the Federal Statistical Office of Germany released their Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • GDP is a measure of the total monetary value of all finished goods and services produced by Germany.
  • The result had a decrease to -2.2%, considering that the result of February was 0%.
  • At 09:00 (GMT), Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the Eurozone will also release their Gross Domestic Product results.
  • The result is forecasted to remain unchanged as the previous month, at -3.8%.
  • At 12:30 (GMT), the United States Census Bureau will release their Retail Sales.
  • The above indicates the total receipts of retail stores.
  • The result is forecasted to a decrease of -12%, considering that last month was -8.7%.
  • At 14:00 (GMT), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of USA will release the JOLTS* Job Openings
  • JOLTS* is a survey completed by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) within the Labor Department to help measure job vacancies.
  • The result is forecasted to a decrease at 6.842M, considering that last month was at 6.882M.