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Uncertainty is prevalent regarding the Fed’s intentions that will unfold after FOMC meeting, later in December. Fed officials hinted at an easing pace of quantitative tightening starting as soon as this month, despite signs of easing inflation, but doubts are increasing lest the economy should fall in long-lasting recession.ECB’s Constantinos …

Trade Balance data in the United States has indicated shows the deficit widening, a headwind for the US Dollar. Germany’s Factory Orders helped the Euro to hold buoyant amid low expectations, while December’s monetary policy meetings by the Fed and the ECB will help to keep the EUR/USD pair within …

The German Factory Orders surprised markets to the upside in October, suggesting that the manufacturing sector activity is staging a modest recovery. Contracts for goods ‘Made in Germany’ jumped 0.8% on the month vs. -0.2% expected and -4.0% last, the latest data published by the Federal Statistics Office showed on …

The EUR/GBP pair is exhibiting mixed performance within a 40-pip range broadly ahead of German Retail Sales. A surprise decline in Eurozone inflation weakened hawkish ECB bets. The sentiment of UK households fell as food inflation soared to a 45-month high.On Wednesday, the headline Eurozone HICP was lower at 10.0% …

The annualized Eurozone Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) eased sharply to 10.0% in November vs. October’s 10.6%, the latest data published by Eurostat showed on Monday. The market forecast was for a 10.4% print. The core figures steadied at 5.0% YoY in November when compared to 5.0% expectations and …

As measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Inflation in Germany declined to 10% yearly in November from 10.4% in October. This reading came in lower than the market expectation of 10%. Monthly, the CPI declined 0.5%. Meanwhile, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the European Central Bank’s (ECB) …

The Euro rises on Monday on the back of hawkish comments. The EUR/GBP pair currently finds support again at the 0.8570 zone. The EUR/GBP is rising sharply on Monday, boosted by a stronger Euro across the board. The cross peaked at 0.8675, hitting the highest level since Wednesday. It is …

The US dollar edges higher within range-bound holiday markets on Friday in an obviously quiet US trading session following the US Thanksgiving holiday. The American currency is near multi-month lows as the prospect of the Fed’s pace of policy tightening keeps impacting the dollar.Today has all the indicators of another …

The European Central Bank’s top economists are wrangling over the outlook for inflation and interest rates, leaving investors perplexed over the central bank’s next policy moves.Philip Lane and Isabel Schnabel, who lead the economic debate on the ECB’s board, gave contrasting views this week on whether the Eurozone central bank …

The German economy expanded by 0.4% on the quarter in the three months to September of 2022 vs. 0.3% prior, the final revision confirmed on Friday. The reading came in above the market consensus of 0.3%. On an annualized basis, Europe’s economic powerhouse’s GDP grew 1.3% in Q3 2022 vs. …