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<p>The study confirms what most people would expect via the impact on the economic cycle, that being manufacturing activity leading the services sector. The lead-lag analysis conducted by the ECB shows that manufacturing tends to lead for about three quarters before services take over to wag the tail, although by then the impact is more [&hel

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<ul><li>Eurostoxx -0.2%</li><li>Germany DAX flat</li><li>France CAC 40 -0.2%</li><li>UK FTSE +0.2%</li><li>Spain IBEX -1.1%</li><li>Italy FTSE MIB +0.2%</li></ul><p>Spanish stocks are the main laggard, which could be due to the report <a href="https://

<ul><li>Prior -€8.6 billion; revised to -€8.5 billion</li></ul><p>The French trade deficit narrowed in November even as exports declined by 0.6% on the month. But there was an even larger drop in imports, by 4.8%, and that helped to see the trade deficit shrink.</p> This article was written by Justin Low at www.f

<ul><li>Prior -0.4%</li></ul><p>Taking out energy and construction, industrial output was still down 0.5% on the month. The breakdown shows a fall in production for capital goods (-0.7%), intermediate goods (-0.5%), and consumer goods (-0.1%). Energy production did increase by 3.9% on the month but that is offset by a

<ul><li>Prior 2.1%</li></ul><p>The number of unemployed persons increased to 106,859 in December, up from 98,011 persons in November last year. That just sees a mild softening in labour market conditions in the Swiss economy, as the jobless rate a year ago was at 1.9%.</p> This article was written by Justin Low a

<p>There is just one to take note of, as highlighted in bold.</p><p>That being for USD/JPY at 143.60, which could help to limit downside price action before rolling off later in the day. That being said, the 200-day moving average at 143.35 remains the more critical support area for the time being – as highlighted <a [&he

<p>The rally in equities yesterday helped to pin the dollar back down alongside a drop in Treasury yields. There weren't any major headlines to have caused the turnaround from last week but it could be that traders are pricing in some anticipation ahead of the US CPI data on Thursday.</p><p>10-year Treasury yields are now at

<p>The pair looks poised for another drop today after the selling yesterday, down 0.3% to 143.75 currently. Of note, price is starting to move towards a test of the 200-day moving average (blue line) at 143.35 next:</p><p>That puts a clearer range on price action in the bigger picture i.e. a daily ceiling at the 145.00 […]

<p>Trading this week should be epitomised by a tale of two halves. The first being before the US CPI data and the second being the reaction in markets to the economic release itself on Thursday and Friday. While it seemed like we were going to carry over the mood from last week to trading this […]