German ZEW economic sentiment was at 38.5 versus expectations of 38.1...

Inflation data out of the UK this morning did not provide any major surprises....

The Empire State manufacturing survey released this afternoon shows a strong improvement with an excellent reading of 7.84 against a consensus of 0.00 up from a previous reading of -1.43 in May....

Trade balance figures for the month of April released this morning was much weaker than expected....

Current account released today surprised positively...

Euro zone CPI data and employment figures released this morning showed inflation in line with market consensus....

EUR/USD rose higher on Thursday and hit a four-month high by 1.3390. The pair appears to have completed a five wave move higher on the four-hour chart and a correction lower looks well on the cards...

EUR/USD 1 hour candlestick chart shows weakness on the pair’s uptrend....

US business inventories were published in-line with expectations at 0.3%. previous month data was revised slightly lower to -0.1% from 0.0%....

US retail sales for the month of May came in at +0.6%. This was better than the consensus estimate of +0.4% and also better than April`s +0.1% reading...