- Very quiet start to the week, focus on Brexit talks start after further
alleged terror attack, Japan Trade & China House Prices to digest,
ECB and Fed speak
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A very quiet start to the week, both in data and events terms, with the solid Japan Trade data and modest slowing in China's Property Prices the only significant items in statistical terms. Yet another awful terror attack in London casts an even longer shadow over the start of Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU. Elsewhere the focus will be on how French President Macron turns words into action after securing a solid parliamentary majority, though not as large as opinion polls had suggested, and with a very poor 43.5 turnout underlining a great deal of scepticism among the general public as a whole. Central bank speakers are reasonably plentiful with ECB's Lautenschlaeger, NY Fed chief Dudley and Chicago Fed's Evans on hand.
from Marc Ostwald
