Key Weekly Data Points – week commencing 15/06/2020

Daniel Casali provides a round-up of key market activity during the week of 15th June.

Monday 15th

• Queues formed as ‘non-essential’ shops reopened in the UK
• A rise in coronavirus cases in the US and China led to stock market declines. This included a daily decline for the S&P 500 of -2% and Nasdaq -1.5%.

Tuesday 16th

• US retail sales rebounded nearly 18% in May
• It was reported that 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops in the Himalayas

Wednesday 17th

• Hints of a second wave of COVID-19 continued to emerge. In the state Florida, news cases rose by 3.6% over the past 7 days, whilst hospitalizations in Texas increased by 8.3%
• The number of people unemployed in the UK and claiming benefits rose to 2.8m in May, this is a 126% increase since lockdown began

Thursday 18th

• Sainsburys and other supermarkets should receive a substantial cash ‘injection’ after winning a legal battle against payment companies regarding swipe fees.
• In the US, new jobless claims in the latest week were 1.51m, suggesting an improvement.
• The Bank of England has increased its bond-buying programme by £100bn

Friday 19th

• UK debt reached 100% of GDP for the first time since WW2 as the government as the government hit record monthly borrowing of £55.2bn.

Source: Bloomberg.com

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