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EUROPE
The U.K. isn’t the only
European country facing a historic referendum that could shape its domestic
politics and its relationship with Europe for decades to come. Italians will
soon be confronted with these issues, too.
BREXIT
Greenland’s exit warning
to Britain – Politico
Great Graphic: UK
Referendum--Turnout it Key – March Chandler
Brexit Monitor No.9:
Referendum day is near – timetable – Danske Bank
More Thoughts on the
Democratic Deficit – Marc Chandler
Pre-referendum nerves:
Bookies v The Doorstep – FT
Brexit exit polling – Peter Brandt
UNITED STATES
REGULARS
Final Brexit polls, reassuring
Draghi, gains in equities * Remain camp with a small edge ahead of the final
vote * Pause for breath in the rebound of bond yields * GBP recovery stalls
Brexit eve jitters weighed on sentiment
across Asia today although a positive lead from Wall Street helped ease anxiety
with some benchmark stock indices making slim gains. In Europe bourses are
expected to open mildly higher.
Markets Consolidate as Table is Set
for Referendum
Fed policy: clear as mud, apparently
Daily Market Comment
– Polemic’s Pains
The market's focus may
presently be on the Brexit vote to the exclusion of all else but by this
weekend things could be very different.
Polls still neck and
neck as campaigns make final pitches to the electorate * Schäuble calls for EU
directional change even if Britons vote Remain * Le Pen says she would vote for
Brexit, as Renzi makes plea for UK to stay in EU * Bloomberg: Franco-German
Brexit contingency plan amounts to ‘show of unity’ * EU plans to tackle
migration crisis with billions in investment * EU Commission voices concerns
over different national interpretations of new EU bank resolution rules * Greece
receives next tranche of bailout funds * Europe ready to extend sanctions
against Moscow by six months
Wall-to-wall Brexit —
Juncker relaxed on Greece
Eerie Calm Across Markets One Day
Before The Main Event: Asia, Europe, US Unchanged
The market entirely
ignored Fed Chair Yellen’s semi-annual testimony yesterday as all eyes are on
the final countdown into the UK referendum results which will start ticking in
in the early hours of Friday with the final result expected "around
breakfast time" according to the Electoral Commission.
Gold slides $30/oz as a
'Bremain' tilt sends money out of safe-haven assets ahead of the key vote
Thursday in the UK.
FINNISH
Fed
otti tuumaustauon * Tuoreimman gallupin mukaan Bremainin kannattajat jatkavat
johdossa * Saksan talouskehitystä ennakoiva ZEW-indeksi oli ennakoitua vahvempi
* Turkin keskuspankki leikkasi korkoa 50 korkopisteellä
Rautarouvana
tunnettu Iso-Britannian entisen pääministeri Margaret Thatcher suhtautui EU:iin
skeptisesti. Hän painotti kansojen itsemääräämisoikeutta, piti maan puolia EU:n
laajenemispyrkimyksiä vastaan ja piti tiukasti kiinni omasta maan omasta
valuutasta. Yhdysvaltain ja Iso-Britannian poliittiseen historiaan erikoistunut
toimittaja Matti Hukari kirjoittaa Thatcherin EU-näkemyksistä.