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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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USD: dollar weak against several competitors

The dollar enters the week on a shaky footing, having lost its weekly gains against both sterling and the euro. It also weakened across the board, with the dollar index hitting its lowest levels in over seven months this morning. US dollar had its most pronounced...


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