UNITED STATES
- Slowing demand for new business loans indicates an investing slowdown ahead
- The FDA said it will not pursue plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes
- US Retail Sales data came in just above expectations but isn't roaring back to life as some media have claimed (Actual 0.4% | Expected 0.3%)
- The NY Fed's Manufacturing Index reveals some growth Actual 23.3 | Expected 20.0)
- New orders leapt
- The Philadelphia Fed's Manufacturing Index softened significantly (Actual 12.9 | Expected 20.0)
- New orders dropped off
- US Natural Gas prices experienced their biggest one day decline (-16.52%) after a sharp rise this week
OTHER
- UK Retail Sales data came in softer than expected (Actual 2.7%| Expected 3.4%)
- Theresa May is facing a likely vote of no-confidence after reaching a preliminary brexit deal
- Yesterday two cabinet ministers quit along with many junior members of her government
- Mexico's central bank raised interest rates, worsening a brutal market selloff
CHINA
- There's renewed hope of easing trade tensions with the US but...ya know, Trump so who actually knows
Submitted November 16, 2018 at 07:22AM by ogordained https://ift.tt/2QTSC8s
