Marketwatch EU & UK

Daily Insights
September 13, 2023

Sterling consolidated around 1.25 overnight before falling to 1.2453 on negative UK growth data for July released this morning. The euro lost some ground against the greenback, currently trading mid 1.07-1.08, following reports announcing that the ECB expects inflation to remain above 3% next year. USD/JPY continues to grind higher, currently above 147 and AUD/USD falls to hover the 0.64 level.

The UK economy shrank the most in seven months, contracting 0.5% in July, vs. -0.2% estimated by economists and following a 0.5% gain for the month of June. July’s cool and rainy weather held back household spending and strikes among doctors, teachers and rail staff hit the public sector output, causing the nation’s growth to sink.

This is more evidence that the UK economy is slowing down in the face of the current high borrowing costs in place, and it should give the Bank of England policymakers something to digest ahead of the next meeting on the 21St of September and whether to raise interest rates further in their fight against stubborn inflation. Despite BOE’s Governor Andrew Bailey having signalled that the central bank is almost complete on one of the most aggressive tightening cycles since the 1980s, money markets still have priced in another quarter-point increase for the BOE, lifting the benchmark rate to 5.5% with the possibility of further increases by year end.

Economic Calendar

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GBP - GDP m/m
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GBP - Construction Output m/m
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GBP - Goods Trade Balance
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GBP - Index of Services 3m/3m
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GBP - Industrial Production m/m
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GBP - Manufacturing Production m/m
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EUR - Italian Quarterly Unemployment Rate
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EUR - Industrial Production m/m
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GBP - 10-y Bond Auction
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EUR - German 30-y Bond Auction
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USD - Core CPI m/m
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USD - CPI m/m
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USD - CPI y/y
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GBP - NIESR GDP Estimate
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GBP - CB Leading Index m/m
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USD - Crude Oil Inventories
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USD - 30-y Bond Auction
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USD - Federal Budget Balance
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GBP - RICS House Price Balance
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JPY - Core Machinery Orders m/m

Market Indicators

Currency Pairs
Pair High Low
eur/gbp 0.86237 0.86027
gbp/usd 1.25022 1.24528
gbp/aud 1.95041 1.94279
gbp/nzd 2.12009 2.11267
usd/jpy 147.446 147.094
eur/usd 1.07648 1.07386
gbp/jpy 184.234 183.417
eur/cnh 7.85939 7.8217
usd/cnh 7.30586 7.28143
Equities and Commodities
Nasdaq 100 15275
DOW 34589.6
S&P 500 4457.07
BRENT CRUDE 92.12
WTI 89.11
GOLD 1909.32

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