Final consumer confidence -20.6 vs -20.6 prelim Economic confidence 93.0 vs 95.2 expected (Prior 96.2) Industrial confidence -7.7 vs -7.2 expected (Prior -7.0) Services confidence

The apparent hacker claimed to have breached other prediction markets and planned to release the data in the next few days.

Here are all the state readings released around the same time: Bavaria April CPI +2.9% vs +2.8% y/y prior Brandenburg CPI +% vs +2.8% y/y

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we get the preliminary CPI reports for Spain and Germany. Before the German CPI, we will get the German

Prior +3.4% HICP +3.5% vs +3.5% y/y expected Prior +3.4% There is a little bit of good news here as Spanish headline annual inflation comes

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Wisconsin in the agency’s fifth lawsuit against a US state to assert jurisdiction over prediction markets.

While Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and whale buying have contributed to the recent Bitcoin rally, the key driver has been consistent buying by Michael Saylor’s treasury

Robinhood’s Q1 earnings per share and revenue figures missed industry expectations, sending the company’s shares down nearly 10%.

After the jump in headline inflation in March, we are to see that continue in April. Surging energy prices remain the main culprit as households

China doubles May fuel exports but volumes stay well below pre-war levels Oil rally gathers pace on blockade extension reports, US dollar firms. Australian dollar

A federal judge slammed Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial as seemingly “a plan to rescue his reputation,” denying the former FTX boss’s request.

I’ll be back separately with details and implications (TL;DR … May rate hike). Australia CPI Q1 2026 1.4% q/q (expected 1.4%, prior 0.6%) … sharpest