EUR: Eurozone inflation expected to ease

The euro is stronger against the dollar this morning ahead of eurozone inflation data, which is due to be released later this morning. The inflation rate for January is expected to ease slightly year-on-year, coming in at 4.4% compared to December’s figure of 5%. Core...


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GBP: UK manufacturing PMI revised higher

The pound is strong against both the euro and the dollar this morning ahead of the Bank of England’s monetary policy meeting tomorrow. This is due to expectations that the Bank will raise the UK’s interest rate from 0.25% to 0.5%, to combat inflation hitting a near...


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Beware a rate hike that’s ‘priced in’

Sterling has now been hovering around the same level against the euro for four weeks, showing no signs of breaking through the current resistance level. This is despite an interest rate rise to 0.5% apparently guaranteed tomorrow, and with recent economic data showing...


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USD: Change of direction for USD/EUR

The dollar’s year of gains against the euro were sharply reversed yesterday as it dropped from a 19-month high by nearly 1% from Sunday night, and by around 0.5% against the British pound. Against the euro this could be seen as a small correction after two weeks of...


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