-- コメルツ銀行は火曜日のレポート「ヨーロピアン・サンライズ」で、以下の点を強調した。 市場:米国債とドイツ国債は引き続き軟調。日本銀行の利下げ決定後、日本国債利回り曲線は上下ともにフラット化し、6月の利上げ確率は70%を超えた。S&P500種株価指数は史上最高値を更新して引け、Eミニ先物は堅調に推移する一方、日経平均株価は下落。ブレント原油は1バレル109ドルを突破。ユーロは下落、円は上昇。 イラン戦争:ホワイトハウス報道官は、ドナルド・トランプ大統領がイランの提案を検討しており、「近いうちに」この問題について言及すると述べた。ニューヨーク・タイムズ紙はトランプ大統領が提案に「不満」を抱いていると報じ、ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル紙は「警戒している」と報じた。マルコ・ルビオ国務長官は、イランの提案は予想よりも良いと述べたものの、提案を提出した人物に権限があったのか疑問を呈した。ルビオ上院議員はまた、イランがホルムズ海峡の支配権を握ろうとしているのは容認できないと述べた。 米国:国際的な自動車メーカーは、貿易協定が締結されなければ、最も安価なモデルを米国から撤退させると脅迫している(ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル)。 ==欧州: ドイツ:財務省は、財政赤字拡大への対応策として、非常事態条項の適用除外を含む複数の選択肢を準備している(ブルームバーグ)。 英国:英国小売協会(BRC)の4月の小売物価指数は前年同月比1%減となり、市場予想の1.2%増を下回った。市場予想は1.4%増だった。 ==アジア: 日本:日銀は6対3の賛成多数で政策金利を据え置き、今年のコアインフレ率予測を2.8%に引き上げた。
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