EUR: Eurozone economy weakening – Lagarde

The euro lost across the board yesterday following the head of the European Central Bank warning about the declining state of the EU economy. The data that did come out was much as expected, including the Ifo Business Climate for Germany, slightly better than expected...


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GBP: Pound in reactive mode

The pound had a mixed day, but did at least show some signs of recovery after a torrid week that has seen losses of between 1 and 2% against the next few most traded currencies. However, with little on the docket apart from a marginally less bad result for CBI...


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Interest rate hopes boost dollar

Sterling made a bit of a recovery yesterday against the euro, by close to a quarter of a percent, though it lost a similar amount to the US dollar, reaching yet another six-month low. Indeed, it was the dollar’s day, powered upwards by hopes of an interest rate hike...


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USD: Business activity flatlines

The latest purchasing managers’ index flash survey from S&P Global showed a slight drop-in US business activity in September.  The overall output index fell to 50.1 last month from 50.2 in August.


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