[PODCAST] US Open Rundown 18th September 2019
18 Sep 2019, 12:10 by Newsquawk Desk
- Major European bourses are trading tentatively ahead of today’s key risk events with the FOMC ahead
- Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry are to update on evidence of Iranian weapon usage today (15:30BST) and IEA’s Birol is to speak on recent developments at 14:00BST
- In FX, the USD is King thus far, mainly on the underperformance of G10 counterparts with Sterling subdued on EU comments and soft CPI
- Looking ahead, highlights include US Building Permits, Housing Starts, Canadian CPI, New Zealand GDP, FOMC Rate Decision & Fed’s Powell’s Press Conference, BCB Rate Decision, ECB’s de Galhau, Riksbank’s Ingves