Any EUR appreciation likely to be short lived: Barclays
Feb 23, 2015 06:29 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Barclays Capital: -Despite an interim agreement between Greece and the Eurogroup, any EUR appreciation is expected to be short lived, in our view. -After numerous rounds of unfruitful discussions between...
Weekly outlook for NZD/GBP: Westpac
Feb 23, 2015 06:27 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Westpac Institutional Bank: -A minor bounce into the 0.4800-0.4900 range is expected , contrained by stronger UK wages data, flickers of hawkishness from the BoE minutes and the Inflation Report and polls...
Weekly outlook for NZD/EUR: Westpac
Feb 23, 2015 06:26 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Westpac Institutional Bank: -EUR should only find brief support after Fridays temporary solution for Greece. Draghis testimony to the European Parliament (Wed) will be a stark contrast to Yellens testimony,...
Weekly outlook for NZD/AUD: Westpac
Feb 23, 2015 06:24 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Westpac Institutional Bank: -NZD/AUD is peaked last week at 0.9707 - a possible cycle high. However its too early to declare such, given the Australian data calendar this week. Starting from Wed, we will see...
Weekly outlook for NZD/USD: Westpac
Feb 23, 2015 06:23 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Westpac Institutional Bank: -The rally since 3 Feb slowed last week but probably has further to run. We target the 0.7600-0.7720 area. The US dollar has stalled, allowing NZ factors to dominate. These have...
Feb 23, 2015 06:18 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -CAD: Our economists are close to consensus on inflation this week (headline cons 0.8%y/y, RBC 0.9%, core cons 2.1%y/y, RBC: 2.2%). CPI will incorporate new weights based on 2013 spending...
Feb 23, 2015 06:17 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -GBP: We expect the second reading of Q4/14 GDP growth to show an unrevised estimate of 0.5% q/q as recent marginal upside news on the industrial sectors performance in Q4 is broadly...
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