Euro slips, Pound outperforms | FX Research
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18 December 2024
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As we come into the North American open, the US dollar remains in the driver’s seat and is up pretty much across the board. Dollar demand is also found company in US equity futures, pointing to a lower open. But overall, with stocks trading just off record highs, the setbacks aren’t anything to write home about.
Euro weakness can be attributed to the lowest German IFO reading in over four and a half years. As for the exception mentioned, we have seen some relative strength in the pound on the back of solid UK employment data that also continues to show wage growth coming in above forecast. This has helped confirm expectations for a BoE rate hold this week.
Looking ahead, we get Canada inflation and housing data, US retail sales, industrial production, business inventories, NAHB housing, and the New Zealand GDT auction. The Canadian dollar is trading at its own multi-month lows against the US dollar on the combination of a souring economic outlook and disruption within the government involving a number of key resignations.
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