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The focus is clearly on the Euro as we open the week with GBP/EUR above 1.2150 and EUR/USD below 1.30 - In short EUR weak across the board.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEThe dollar initially gained after soft Chinese data with EUR/USD falling from $1.32 to $1.3175 by the London open. There was an identical move lower in cable (GBP/USD) where the pair fell from $1.5960 to $1.5940.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEYesterday the major theme seemed to be dollar weakness, which we associate with a more risk-loving environment returning. The Beige Book report on economic activity saw the US economy expanding at a modest-to-moderate pace through to the end of March.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEThe Euro is lower this morning as jitters over the European sovereign debt crisis continues. ECB Governing Council Member Nowotny tried his best to dampen concerns stating that he was not concerned about Spain as the government had taken the necessary steps to repair its finances.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEMarkets look to be turning back to risk averse mode after the Easter break is over. Not only was Friday’s US payrolls report worse than expected, but there are renewed concerns about the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEEuropean equity markets look set to ignore the fall on Wall Street and in Asia and rally this morning. Yesterday’s Spanish bond auction was disappointing with the government unable to find buyers for the maximum amount of debt it wanted to sell.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEFOMC March minutes supported the USD. Markets were disappointed not to see any mention of further quantitative easing, as a result USD strengthened with GBP/USD falling from 1.60+ to below 1.59.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEHaving dipped to $1.3280 versus USD overnight, the euro managed to rally this morning, regaining $1.3340 on little news. GBP/EUR drifted back below 1.2020, with the single currency managing to retain support.
VIEW FULL ARTICLEAs pressures re-emerged in sovereign debt markets last week, eurozone Finance Ministers met in Copenhagen and announced an increase to the European firewall on Friday to €800 million. The firewall will be made up of the EFSF and the ESM schemes, although the latter will not be fully operational until mid-2013.
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