UK CBI Reported Retail Sales (Apr) misses with -6 vs -4 expected (Mar: 0) UK CBI Retail Sales Expectations Balance rebounds to 19 from -4 in March CFDs & Spread Betting with Accendo Markets
Eurozone Business Climate Indicator: -0.52 vs -0.3 expected (March-0.28, Revised + from -0.30); EZ Industrial Conf idence: -9 vs -7 est (March-7.1, R+ from -7.2) EZ Services Confidence: -2.4 vs -0.5% est (March -0.3) EZ Consumer Confidence: -19.9 vs -19.8 est (March -19.1, R+ from -19.8) EZ Economic Confidence 92.8 vs 94.2 est (March 94.5, R+ from -94.4)…
UK CBI Trends for April: Total Orders flattish at -8 vs -6 est (prev -8) Selling Prices drop back to 7 vs 26 est (prev 24) Bus Optimism rebounds to 22 vs -18 est (prev -25)
UK GDP (Q1, prelim) -0.2% QoQ vs 0.1% est (Q4: -0.3%); 0.0% YoY vs 0.3% est (Q4: 0.5%)
http://www.cityam.com/wealth-management/spanish-woes-threaten-euro-s-fragile-stability
Spanish debt auction – Sells more than expected on good demand German ZEW Survey – Sentiment better in Germany and Eurozone IMF Outlook – A little rosier Goldman Sachs – Smashes targets again