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EUR: German election sends euro to one-month high

The euro soared with the opening of the markets this morning, with the German election results sending the currency to a one-month high against the pound and dollar. Inflation figures and consumer confidence data due this week may bring it back down to earth however....


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GBP: An uncertain week ahead

Sterling starts the week on middle road between the dollar and euro, not through UK actions but the winner of negative investor sentiment in the US and the loser to European confidence following the German election result. It is a week where the currency may be...


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German election sees euro hit one-month high

The euro has rallied after the German election results, climbing to a one-month high against the pound and dollar. Meanwhile, GBP benefitted from a slump in USD after Wall Street investors express worries about US stagnation. While the pound ended last week up on the...


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USD: Jobs report reverses dollar

The dollar suffered from a disappointing jobs report yesterday, which took the currency firmly into the negative across the week against all major currency partners. This afternoon we will get some housing data and...


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EUR: Relief for euro after torrid week

A better performance for the single currency yesterday saw it improve across the board (although only very slightly against GBP), but over the week it remains around 0.5% down on sterling and most commodity-backed currencies such as the antipodean dollars. Flash...


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