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Negative Headlines Grab Markets’ Attention as Equity Rally Stalls

There are convincing signs that the rally on equity markets has stalled in the second half of this week. European indices gained less than 1% on Friday attempting to price in some early positive...

GBP Higher on Retail Sales Beat

Retail Sales Rise The latest release from the UK Office for National Statistics today showed that retail sales grew for their sixth consecutive month in October. Retail sales rose 1.2% from the prior...

German Government may be Preparing a Surprise for the Markets

Increasing social restrictions in the US in response to unabated advance of coronavirus cases appears to be a convenient reason to extend stocks correction on Thursday. SPY and QQQ closed down 1.2%...

EUR Lower on Dovish Lagarde Comments

Lagarde Warns over Economic ImpactThe single currency has come under heavier selling pressure today in response to comments made by ECB chief Christina Lagarde. Speaking this morning, Lagarde cited...

Vaccine News and Central Bank Easing: The End to Major Rate Cuts?

It seems that the news of breakthrough in vaccine making is an unquestionably positive development for the stock markets, but there is a fly in the ointment. In less than a month since the news from...

US Retail Sales Miss in October

Retail Sales Miss In October US retail sales were seen growing at a slower-than-expected pace over October. The data released yesterday showed growth of just 0.3% over the month, undershooting...

GBP Rallies on October Inflation Rise

Headline & Core Inflation RoseThe latest UK economic data released today showed that Consumer prices rose in October. Headline CPI was seen increasing by 0.7% over the month, marking a firm...

Oil Struggles to Price in Demand Shock but the Worst is Likely Over

Oil and risk assets started on a positive note on Monday, however, towards the middle of the European session, the upside move has largely stalled. There was no particular rush to buy in European...

Key Economic Events and Reports of the Week Ahead

A key piece of economic data for next Monday will be the growth of industrial production in China, which at the same time will help to assess the global pace of economic recovery as China's production...