EUR: Flash consumer confidence

This week euro-watchers will see the latest flash reading for the eurozone’s consumer confidence. In the last data release, consumer confidence in the Euro Area was confirmed at -17.4 in May. This was a new high (since February of...


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GBP: Will inflation cool?

The UK’s yearly and core inflation rates are expected to cool in Wednesday morning’s data releases. The previous data showed that yearly inflation fell to 8.7, its lowest rate since March last year, as gas and electricity prices fell. Pound watchers will be keen to...


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A sterling time for the pound and overseas buyers

Temperatures in the UK peaked last week, as did the pound-to-euro rate which soared to highs not seen since August 2022. The pound-to-euro rate remains high this morning and is up close to 2% on the month and 0.3% since this time last week. Following last week’s...


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USD: Dollar suffers from Fed’s dovish turn

The US dollar lost around 1% against its major rivals including the pound and euro yesterday, stretching its losses over the past week and only bettering the Japanese yen. The greenback has reached mid-June well over 2% down on the euro and sterling compared to the...


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