020 7898 0500The euro had a tough time yesterday, dropping below 1.28 against the US dollar for the first time in 14 months as German business confidence figures came in below forecast. The single currency dropped off against the majority of its 31 most-traded peers, with speculation in the market growing that European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi will look to further stimulus measures over the coming months. To add insult to injury, Barclays aggressively lowered their 12-month forecast for the euro-US dollar pairing from 1.25 to 1.10 – indicating how negative sentiment is amongst traders and further pushing down the value of the currency.
The release to keep an eye on today are yearly private loan figures from the Eurozone as a whole. The figures are forecast to come in at -1.5%, marginally better than the previous month’s -1.6%.
