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Today's overview of economic news and market action
- European investor sentiment back in cautious mode yesterday
- Data-wise, Eurozone headline inflation edged lower to 2.5% in June
- Currency-wise, most of majors confined to narrow ranges
- Sterling is modestly firmer over the past 24 hours
- USD/JPY has registered fresh 38-year highs
- Today’s macro diary includes final reading of June PMIs and Fed minutes
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Today's Opening FX Rates
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% Change Day* |
End 2023 |
| EUR/USD |
1.0737 |
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0.08 |
-2.71 |
| EUR/GBP |
0.8466 |
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-0.31 |
-2.33 |
| GBP/USD |
1.2677 |
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0.36 |
-0.41 |
| GBP/EUR |
1.1805 |
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0.31 |
2.39 |
| *versus Previous Day's European Open |
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AIB Ireland Services PMIĀ® June
AIB PMI® survey data indicated a loss of growth momentum in the Irish service sector in June, accompanied by waning inflationary pressures. The expansion in total activity eased since May as new business rose at the slowest rate since January, while input prices increased at the softest rate since February 2021.
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AIB Ireland Manufacturing PMIĀ® June
AIB Ireland Manufacturing PMI® data indicated a deeper deterioration in operating conditions across the Irish manufacturing sector in June. The downturn was the most severe in nearly a year as underlying demand trends continued to worsen and thereby resulted in sharper contractions in new factory orders and production.
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Irish Economy Watch - June 2024
Consumer prices rose by 0.5% in May, amid an increase in transport and hospitality costs. However, the YoY rate stayed at 2.6%. Consumer sentiment declined, albeit marginally, for a fourth consecutive month in May. Revisions to the data show the unemployment rate averaged 4.2% in Q1’24 down from 4.5% in Q4’23. On a monthly basis, it has printed at 4.0% in Mar-May.
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Irish Housing Market Bulletin - June 2024
Renewed momentum in Irish residential property prices Irish residential property prices experienced quite a turnaround over the course of 2023. Initially they started the year on a downward trajectory, with the CSO measure of official house prices registering monthly falls, averaging 0.3% in the first 5 months of the year, against the backdrop of rising interest rates.
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