Market focus

On Wednesday, 20.02.2019, the economic calendar is quite restrained by the news. At the start of the day, there are data on the trade balance of Japan, which is expected to slow exports significantly, which in the end may put significant pressure on the Japanese yen.

At the European session, practically no important news is planned, so the market will be dominated by the general mood that will set the US-China trade negotiations. At the end of the day, the FOMC meeting minutes is expected to be published, which will be the main event of the day. The tone of the protocol is likely to remain soft, and investors in the text will look for hints of the future of interest rates in the United States.

Hanzenko Anton