Marketwatch EU & UK

Daily Insights
January 16, 2024

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  • The US Dollar gains along with Treasury Yields as the US returns from Monday’s holiday after hawkish comments from ECB official, Robert Holzmann, pushed back on bets against early rate cuts and warned that cuts are not guaranteed in 2024 against the fall in inflation and geopolitical risks.
  • Traders now look forward to Fed’s Governor Christopher Waller speech later today on whether there will be more repel for any possible rate cut in March. The US Dollar Index (DXY) currently trades at 102.96, up +0.68% in the last 5 days, and +1.60% YTD.

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  • Euro is lower this morning currently trading around 1.0920 after ECB hawks took over the show last night, and any dovish comments made by Joachim Nagel were ignored. Germany, Italy, and Ireland inflation reports are due today.

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  • In the UK, wage growth has eased once again at one of the quickest paces on record, but it is still likely to represent a threat to the Bank of England’s inflation goal. UK’s Sep-Nov. average wages without bonus rose to +6.5%, vs. est. +6.8 %. The sterling has lost on the data release, dropping as much as 0.5% against the greenback, currently trading around 1.2680. Euro-Sterling has advanced from yesterday’s low of 0.8587, to touch 0.8620.

Economic Calendar

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EUR - German Final CPI m/m
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GBP - Claimant Count Change
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GBP - Average Earnings Index 3m/y
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GBP - Unemployment Rate
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CNY - Foreign Direct Investment ytd/y
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All - WEF Annual Meetings
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EUR - German ZEW Economic Sentiment
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EUR - ZEW Economic Sentiment
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EUR - ECOFIN Meetings
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CAD - Housing Starts
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CAD - CPI m/m
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CAD - Median CPI y/y
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CAD - Trimmed CPI y/y
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CAD - Common CPI y/y
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CAD - Core CPI m/m
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USD - Empire State Manufacturing Index
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GBP - BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
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NZD - GDT Price Index
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USD - FOMC Member Waller Speaks

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
eur/gbp 0.86186 0.86028
gbp/usd 1.2717 1.26606
gbp/aud 1.91829 1.91173
gbp/nzd 2.05892 2.05267
usd/jpy 146.271 145.584
eur/usd 1.09461 1.09124
gbp/jpy 185.507 184.959
eur/cnh 7.86825 7.8466
usd/cnh 7.19854 7.18378
Equities and Commodities
Nasdaq 100 16750.2
DOW 37452.4
S&P 500 4766.75
BRENT CRUDE 78.24
WTI 72.57
GOLD 2049.56

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