USD: JOLTs to increase tomorrow

Tomorrow the big data release to watch will be the latest United States job openings. In the previous data, the number of job openings in America decreased slightly by 54,000 to 10.5m in November last year, compared with market expectations of 10m. This pointed to a...


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EUR: Germany’s GDP shrinks

On Monday, markets saw the latest GDP data for Germany which revealed that the country’s gross domestic product shrank by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in Q3 of 2022. This followed an upwardly revised 0.5% expansion in the previous period. This would have been a key release...


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GBP: Markets anticipate further BoE hikes

Despite nervousness, sterling remains close to a six-week high against the dollar (hit on January 23rd), in the run up to the Bank of England’s policy announcement this week. Yesterday, the pound also remained close to its 7-month high against the dollar. Most...


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Sterling awaits Thursday’s looming BoE decision

The pound showed some signs of nervousness yesterday, with an overall choppy day against both the euro and US dollar. This comes ahead of the BoE’s looming interest rate decision on Thursday. We will get a better picture of the UK housing market today with the latest...


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