The Traderszone Network

Latest data out a short while ago
– -0.9% prev
– yy -0.7% vs +1.7% exp vs 3.0% revised up from +2.8%
– mftg production mm -0.8% vs +0.3% exp vs +0.6% prev revised up from +0.4%
How you feeling now Msr Villory? Still thinking your French economy is doing just fine ?

Here’s your daily thread for a community hug.
Loads going on still and with Aunty Janet strutting her stuff and testifying today at 15.30 GMT we can be assured of more to come.

Falling oil prices could lead to a new sovereign-debt crisis, which could bring down Western banks exposed to the oil exporting countries, warns Matthew Lynn.
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Twitter’s shares have lost more than two-thirds of their value in the past 12 months. “I think the problem is that in the current market any sign of a weak outlook will be quite harshly punished,” Atlantic Equities analyst James Cordwell said. Investors want to see Chief Executive Jack Dorsey’s strategy to reignite growth in user numbers.

Chief cabinet secretary out on the wires
– Japan won’t be panicked by stock market moves
– authorities closely monitoring financial markets
– BOJ thoroughly considered impact on financial markets when it adopted negative rates
That G7 comment is the standout. Could be just hot air but worth keeping in mind.

After a day of “rock solid” Lehman-isms, emergency bond buyback plans, and a stock price still unable to close green, Deutsche Bank is on the ropes (despite CNBC proclaiming that “it doesn’t feel like a Lehman moment.”) However, as dawn breaks across the motherland, something more insidious is breaking for Germany’s largest bank.

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Positive tones for the moment but we know not to take anything for granted
– DAX futures +0.2%
– CAC40 +0.3%
– FTSE +0.1%
Bund futures up 8 at 164.71