USD: Building permits to increase this week

There are several key data releases scheduled in over the course of this week that could swing the dollar back into play with its rivals. The next big release to watch after tomorrow’s PPI and retail sales will be building permits on Thursday. In the previous release,...


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EUR: ECB president Lagarde to speak on inflation

The key release on everyone’s radar will be eurozone’s annual inflation rate tomorrow. The rate is expected to fall to 9.2% (in line with preliminary estimates). Also this week the European Central Bank’s president Christine Lagarde will give two speeches on inflation...


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GBP: Claimant count change to fall

Yesterday was a quiet day for UK data releases however tomorrow’s claimant count change will be one to watch as it will give markets an insight into the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits. In the previous data, the Office for National Statistics...


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Pivotal week for sterling in prospect

Sterling starts the week down among the weeds against the euro, close to its lowest for two years. This comes despite the better-than-expected GDP result for November on Friday, which revealed that the UK may not have been in recession in 2022 after all. That sort of...


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