EUR: Euro’s gains further as inflation leaps ahead

The euro’s advance on the US dollar has now extended into a third week, as it reaches its strongest for well over a month. There was also modest strengthening against the pound. It’s a big week for data in the eurozone. That started yesterday with higher-than-expected...


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GBP: Data and sterling show no clear direction

Sterling slipped against the euro yesterday while strengthening marginally against the US dollar in a choppy sort of day. There was nothing on the data front to excite the markets from the UK side, and that continues through the foreshortened working week, apart from...


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USD: Dollar weaker ahead of non-farm payrolls

The dollar is weaker against a basket of currencies this morning. This is due to a calmer global risk environment and expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause its interest rate hikes later this year. News that China is starting to relax Covid-19 measures has...


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EUR: Inflation rate figures due this week

The euro is stronger against the dollar this morning due to recent comments from several European Central Bank officials. After President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, confirmed last week that an interest rate hike will take place in July, the euro has strengthened....


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