U.K. Plc was mostly opposed to May’s hard stance on Brexit, which would mean a loss of tariff-free access to the EU’s single market. Even so, when she called a snap election seven weeks ago, business leaders backed her and poured hundreds of thousands of pounds into her Conservative Party campaign as she gambled on securing a bigger majority to strengthen her negotiating hand. Now a weakened May is trying to form a new government with the backing of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party after the Tories fell short of seats to rule alone.
Tomorrow's session will bring UK CPI and PPI figures. Analysts predict 2.7% increase in CPI. In the US session PPI data will be published. No change is anticipated.
Figures to watch:
CPI/PPI (Tuesday 11:00)
PPI (Tuesday 14:30)