Feb 20, 2015 07:17 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -CAD: Stripping through some auto/oil related noise should show a modest 0.2%m/m rise in real retail sales for December, according to our Canadian economists. Whilst down from Novembers...
Feb 20, 2015 07:16 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from RBC Capital Markets: -EUR/USD has been near 1.1365 for most of the overnight session. Merkel and Hollande are due to hold talks ahead of the main event this afternoon. -The consensus on the Greek...
Feb 20, 2015 07:14 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Danske Bank: -The main event today is the extraordinary Eurogroup finance minister meeting on Greece in Brussels scheduled to start at 15:00 CET. Greeces current bailout programme is set to expire on 28...
Daily outlook for GBP: Lloyds Bank
Feb 20, 2015 07:12 am UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Lloyds Bank: -We will be watching the UK data closely today as the recent rise is GBPUSD has developed an interesting wedge type process. Such a process generally gives way to renewed weakness, especially as...
Canadian retail sales probably declined by 0.7% m/m in Dec: Capital Economics
Feb 19, 2015 19:49 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- We estimate that Canadian retail sales (13.30 GMT) declined by 0.7% m/m in December.- While sales at motor vehicle dealerships probably rose slightly, sales at clothing, electronic and...
Mexico GDP probably grew by about 2.4% y/y in Q4: Capital Economics
Feb 19, 2015 19:31 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- Leading indicators suggest that the manufacturing sector drove an acceleration in GDP growth in Mexico in Q4 (14.00 GMT). Growth in the IGAE activity index picked up to 2.6% y/y in the three...
UK retail sales probably fell a bit in Jan: Capital Economics
Feb 19, 2015 19:22 pm UTC| Commentary
Quotes from Capital Economics:- Retail sales (09.30 GMT) probably fell a bit in Jan, but that would mainly be the result of heavy discounting at the end of last year pulling sales forward into Nov and Dec.- We have...
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