April 20th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
It was a relatively quiet day in the eurozone today, with attention focused on the UK retail sales data. Still, the euro made some gains against sterling although it...
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April 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
As with the UK, inflation data from the eurozone was released yesterday and came in at 1.3% year-on-year for March 2018. It had been expected to jump to 1.4% from the...
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April 18th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The two key releases for the eurozone today were the German and eurozone ZEW economic sentiment indices. Both had been expected to fall sharply, but by nowhere near as...
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April 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The euro strengthened against the dollar yesterday which may or may not be because of Russia and China’s attempts to devalue it (see Trump’s claim below),...
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April 16th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The main release from the eurozone on Friday was the balance of trade reading for February which showed that the surplus widened by €2.8 billion to €18.9 billion. While...
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April 13th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The eurozone is on a bit of a roll at the moment, but in the wrong direction. Several data releases have come in below expectations throughout the first quarter of 2018...
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