Total inventories of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were $652.1 billion at the end of October, up 0.8 percent from the revised September level. Total inventories were up 6.9 percent from the revised October 2017 level. The September 2018 to October 2018 percent change was revised from the advance estimate of up 0.7 percent to up 0.8 percent (±0.4 percent).
The October inventories/sales ratio for merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, based on seasonally adjusted data, was 1.28. The October 2017 ratio was 1.28.
U.S. stock-index futures were flat on Friday, as investors digested weak jobs report, which eased concern about an aggressive tightening of monetary policy by the Fed next year.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 21,678.68 | +177.06 | +0.82% |
Hang Seng | 26,063.76 | -92.62 | -0.35% |
Shanghai | 2,605.89 | +0.71 | +0.03% |
S&P/ASX | 5,681.50 | +23.80 | +0.42% |
FTSE | 6,831.45 | +127.40 | +1.90% |
CAC | 4,857.07 | +76.61 | +1.60% |
DAX | 10,900.41 | +89.43 | +0.83% |
Crude | $53.42 | +3.75% | |
Gold | $1,249.20 | +0.45% |
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(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
ALCOA INC. | AA | 29.9 | 0.25(0.84%) | 5930 |
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 56.01 | 1.61(2.96%) | 34219 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,714.60 | 15.41(0.91%) | 76037 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 174.91 | 0.19(0.11%) | 181583 |
AT&T Inc | T | 30.52 | -0.01(-0.03%) | 43942 |
Barrick Gold Corporation, NYSE | ABX | 13.67 | 0.30(2.24%) | 167456 |
Boeing Co | BA | 332 | 0.10(0.03%) | 14577 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 128.86 | 0.49(0.38%) | 2773 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 116.8 | 0.89(0.77%) | 3462 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 48.29 | -0.10(-0.21%) | 38984 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 60.11 | 0.05(0.08%) | 38374 |
Exxon Mobil Corp | XOM | 79.3 | 0.91(1.16%) | 16544 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 139.52 | -0.11(-0.08%) | 74130 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 9.02 | 0.00(0.00%) | 32587 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 11.26 | 0.11(0.99%) | 4300 |
General Electric Co | GE | 7.33 | -0.02(-0.27%) | 215321 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 35.5 | -0.20(-0.56%) | 1229 |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 184.25 | 0.16(0.09%) | 5188 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,071.22 | 2.49(0.23%) | 3541 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 175.5 | -0.46(-0.26%) | 1459 |
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | HON | 141.15 | -0.41(-0.29%) | 448 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 48.12 | -0.25(-0.52%) | 20658 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 123.75 | -0.16(-0.13%) | 1924 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 145.63 | -0.28(-0.19%) | 1484 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 105.24 | 0.05(0.05%) | 18721 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 184.9 | -0.55(-0.30%) | 578 |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 78.76 | 0.39(0.50%) | 115 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 108.81 | -0.38(-0.35%) | 49856 |
Nike | NKE | 75.41 | -0.13(-0.17%) | 2142 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 44.61 | -0.37(-0.82%) | 4057 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 93.32 | -0.23(-0.25%) | 927 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 66.42 | -0.13(-0.20%) | 1673 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 370.65 | 7.59(2.09%) | 183243 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 33.01 | 0.05(0.15%) | 45151 |
Visa | V | 141.2 | 0.15(0.11%) | 6330 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 113.39 | -0.06(-0.05%) | 3158 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 28.95 | 0.35(1.22%) | 14873 |
The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 5.6%, the lowest since comparable data became available in 1976.
In the 12 months to November, employment grew by 219,000 or 1.2%, reflecting gains in full-time work (+227,000 or +1.5%). Over the same period, total hours worked were up 2.1%.
Employment increased in six provinces, led by Quebec and Alberta, and was little changed in the four Atlantic provinces.
More people worked in professional, scientific and technical services; health care and social assistance; construction; business, building and other support services; transportation and warehousing; and agriculture. At the same time, fewer people worked in information, culture and recreation.
Employment increased for private sector employees, while it was little changed for public sector employees. The number of self-employed was also little changed.
Employment increased for both core-aged women and men (aged 25 to 54), as well as for older people (aged 55 and over)—driven by men.
In November, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 6 cents to $27.35. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 81 cents, or 3.1 percent. Average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 7 cents to $22.95 in November.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 155,000 in November, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, in manufacturing, and in transportation and warehousing.
In November, the unemployment rate was 3.7 percent for the third month in a row, and the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.0 million. Over the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons declined by 0.4 percentage point and 641,000, respectively.
Both the labor force participation rate, at 62.9 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 60.6 percent, were unchanged in November.
Russia Will Keep Working With OPEC Next Year
The number of persons employed increased by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU28 in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the previous quarter. In the second quarter of 2018, employment increased by 0.4% in both zones.
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment increased by 1.3% in the euro area and by 1.2% in the EU28 in the third quarter of 2018 (after +1.5% and +1.3% respectively in the second quarter of 2018). These data on employment provide a picture of labour input consistent with the output and income measure of national accounts.
Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.2% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.3% in the EU28 during the third quarter of 2018, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat.
In the second quarter of 2018, GDP had grown by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU28. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU28 in the third quarter of 2018, after +2.2% and +2.1% respectively in the previous quarter.
During the third quarter of 2018, GDP in the United States increased by 0.9% compared with the previous quarter (after +1.0% in the second quarter of 2018). Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, GDP grew by 3.0% (after +2.9% in the previous quarter).
Saudi Energy Min Arrives at OPEC Meet for Second Day of Talks on Oil Production Cut
In October 2018, the retail trade index remained flat in the three-month on three-month movement (value 0.0% and volume +0.1%).
When compared with September 2018, both value and volume of retail trade stayed relatively flat, increasing by 0.1% and 0.2% respectively.
Notwithstanding the general slowdown to growth in the seasonally adjusted series, year-on-year estimates of retail trade show a rise, as the value was up 1.5% and volume was up 1.6%.
Increases were seen across both large scale distribution (+1.1%) and small scale distribution (+0.5%) when compared with October 2017. Internet sales increased by 24.4%, showing the largest year-on-year rise since July 2017.
Prices in the three months to November were 0.3% higher than in the same three months a year earlier – slowing from the 1.5% annual growth recorded in October, and recording the lowest rate of growth since December 2012
House prices in the latest quarter (September-November) were 1.1% lower than in the preceding three months (June - August)
On a monthly basis, house prices fell by 1.4% in November, making three monthly falls out of the last four
The average house price is now £224,578
In October 2018, output bounced back in the manufacturing industry (+1.4% after −1.9% in September), as well as in the whole industry (+1.2% after −1.6%).
Manufacturing output was virtually stable over the last three months and it grew slightly in the whole industry (+0.2%).
Over the last three months, output increased in “other manufacturing” (+0.7%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (+0.9%). It expanded sharply in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+8.1%). It grew also slightly in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+0.3%). Conversely, it diminished in the manufacture of transport equipment (−1.7%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−1.2%).
EUR/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.1502 (4424)
$1.1455 (3608)
$1.1416 (5226)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.1371
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.1338 (2657)
$1.1297 (3353)
$1.1249 (4739)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date December, 7 is 126170 contracts (according to data from December, 6) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,1200 (5768);
GBP/USD
Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)
$1.2905 (2262)
$1.2861 (1364)
$1.2824 (1803)
Price at time of writing this review: $1.2766
Support levels (open interest**, contracts):
$1.2731 (1314)
$1.2693 (2985)
$1.2648 (2005)
Comments:
- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date December, 7 is 59073 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3500 (4702);
- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date December, 7 is 47247 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2900 (3198);
- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.80 versus 0.80 from the previous trading day according to data from December, 6
* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.
** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.
OPEC to Debate Figures With Non-OPEC Producers on Friday
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Most Canadian Data in Last 6-8 Weeks on Disappointing Side
Thursday's Canadian Trade Data A 'Positive Surprise'
Won't Really Know What Neutral Rate Is 'Until We're There'
Every Reason to Think We're Headed for Stronger Business Investment
Don't Think Markets Have Embraced Idea That Tariffs Represent Enhanced Inflation Risk
Neutral Is Where We Want to Be
Not Seeing Clear Signs of Overheating Economy, Nor Material Weakening
U.S. Economy 'Beset by Increasing Uncertainties'
Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Venezuela Aren't on Board With the Final OPEC Deal
'There Is a Lot of Discontent in the Room'
Saudis, Emiratis Responsible for Price Crash, Need to Bear Brunt of Oil Cuts
Fed Could Adopt a New Wait-and-See Approach on Rates in 2019
Fed's Evolving Rate Strategy Could Mean Skipping Increases at More Meetings
Statement from China: “The teams of both sides are now having smooth communications and good cooperation with each other. We are full of confidence that an agreement can be reached within the next 90 days.” I agree!.
In October 2018, production in industry was down by 0.5% from the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The revised figure shows an increase of 0.1% (primary +0.2%) from September 2018.
In October 2018, production in industry excluding energy and construction was down by 0.4%. Within industry, the production of capital goods increased by 0.3% and the production of intermediate goods by 0.2%. The production of consumer goods showed a decrease of 3.2%. Outside industry, energy production was down by 3.2% in October 2018 and the production in construction decreased by 0.3%.
Raw materials | Closed | Change, % |
---|---|---|
Brent | 60.33 | -2.05 |
WTI | 51.82 | -2.19 |
Silver | 14.45 | -0.14 |
Gold | 1237.743 | 0.06 |
Palladium | 1206.48 | -2.39 |
Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
---|---|---|---|
NIKKEI 225 | -417.71 | 21501.62 | -1.91 |
Hang Seng | -663.3 | 26156.38 | -2.47 |
KOSPI | -32.62 | 2068.69 | -1.55 |
ASX 200 | -10.7 | 5657.7 | -0.19 |
FTSE 100 | -217.79 | 6704.05 | -3.15 |
DAX | -389.26 | 10810.98 | -3.48 |
Dow Jones | -79.4 | 24947.67 | -0.32 |
S&P 500 | -4.11 | 2695.95 | -0.15 |
NASDAQ Composite | 29.83 | 7188.26 | 0.42 |
Pare | Closed | Change, % |
---|---|---|
AUDUSD | 0.72332 | -0.48 |
EURJPY | 128.185 | -0.16 |
EURUSD | 1.13767 | 0.29 |
GBPJPY | 144.034 | -0.05 |
GBPUSD | 1.27834 | 0.4 |
NZDUSD | 0.68775 | -0.28 |
USDCAD | 1.33812 | 0.2 |
USDCHF | 0.99279 | -0.47 |
USDJPY | 112.668 | -0.45 |
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