January 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The German ZEW economic sentiment index for January had been expected to rise to 17.8 from 17.4 the month previous, but it actually came in at 20.4. That is the highest...
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January 23rd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday, the Social Democratic party’s leader, Martin Schulz, gave a speech in which he endorsed an Angela Merkel-led grand coalition. His speech was met with...
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January 22nd, 2018
By Kiran Najran
There were no major data releases on Friday for the eurozone and the euro reacted accordingly by trading more-or-less sideways throughout the day. Today is another...
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January 19th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The euro has been outperforming most of the G10 currencies of late as it continues from where it left off in 2017. Last year was undoubtedly the euro’s year as it...
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January 18th, 2018
By Kiran Najran
The key release from the eurozone yesterday was the year-on-year inflation rate. As expected, it dropped to 1.4% in December from 1.5% the month previous. Energy and...
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January 17th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Like the UK, Germany’s inflation rate for December dropped 0.1% from the month previous. The consumer price index increased by 1.7% year-on-year in December from...
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