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Euro Forecast Directory - Page #279

A round up of the latest Euro forecast news items from the Currency News desk.

Pound Australian Dollar Exchange Rate (GBP AUD) Down As Investor Sentiment Remains Buoyant

9 Jan 2013 at 2 PM - Written by David Woodsmith

On the face of it, this morning’s UK trade balance data for November provided further cause for pessimism regarding the future prospects for Britain’s economy. The figure showed that the UK’s total trade gap stood at a whopping £3.466bn the month before last – well ahead of analysts’ expectations of a showing of £3.00bn. Members...

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Pound Remains Subdued Against Euro Despite Positive December UK Online Retail Sales

9 Jan 2013 at 9 AM - Written by Toni Johnson

Yesterday’s figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) revealed a marked alteration in the way UK economic participants are buying their goods and services. The December retail sales figures from the BRC showed a near 20% annualised increase in the value of online non-food orders, dwarfing the overall year-on-year increase in British...

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Sterling Euro Exchange Rate (GBP EUR) Edges Lower As Fears Grow Regarding UK Retail Sector Equities

8 Jan 2013 at 3 PM - Written by John Cameron

A raft of eurozone data released earlier today sent out mixed messages regarding the state of the combined economies of mainland Europe. The bad news for the region was that whole of eurozone Retail Sales data for November showed at an annualised -2.6% versus expectations of a showing of -2.1%. Although this represented an improvement from...

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Pound Euro Exchange Rate (GBP EUR) Tumbles On Barroso?s Words

8 Jan 2013 at 9 AM - Written by Tim Boyer

Sterling endured a mixed day in the currency markets yesterday, initially recording pronounced losses against the Australian and Kiwi Dollars. An encouraging set of new car sale data, released by the SMMT yesterday morning, showed that British new car sales had reached their highest level since 2008 last year, providing some reason for...

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Sterling loses Ground Against AUD And NZD Following UK Halifax House Price Survey, GBP EUR Exchange Rate Up

7 Jan 2013 at 2 PM - Written by James Fuller

This morning brought more glum news for UK economic participants in the form of the latest Halifax House Price survey. The closely-watched gauge of the state of Britain’s housing sector concluded that the average UK house price dipped by 0.3% during 2012. The market is expected to remain subdued throughout this year, with no alteration to...

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Pound Euro Exchange Rate (GBP EUR) Forecasted To Threaten 13-Month Low Following British PM?s Grave Debt Warning

7 Jan 2013 at 9 AM - Written by John Cameron

Thin trading volumes during the week between Christmas and the New Year saw the GBP EUR exchange rate break down to a new 8 ½ month low of 1.2158. Although the first few days of 2013 saw the Pound claw back some of the ground it lost over the festive period, taking the GBP EUR exchange rate back up to close to 1.2400 last Thursday, the pair...

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Pound Canadian Dollar Rate Edges Higher, GBP EUR Dips

17 Dec 2012 at 6 PM - Written by Frank Davies

Today’s session in the currency markets brought the release of two pieces of positive news for investors holding euro-denominated assets. The EU commission announced earlier that the 27-member euro area had clinched a trade deal with the influential island state of Singapore which will see the instigation of an official Free Trade Area...

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Grim ECB Monthly Report Sees GBP EUR Rate Edge Higher

13 Dec 2012 at 3 PM - Written by David Woodsmith

The euro enjoyed strong support during early trading today thanks to the announcement that the eurozone’s Finance Ministers had reached an accord on changing the structure of how the region’s retail banking sector is overseen. The eurogroup revealed that the European Central Bank will take over regulation of Europe’s banks – a...

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GBP to Euro Exchange Rate Down And Could Head Lower

13 Dec 2012 at 9 AM - Written by John Cameron

The euro once gain registered gains against the Pound during yesterday’s session, sending the GBP EUR exchange rate down into the lower half of the 1.2300s by the European equities close. Not for the first time in recent sessions, the single currency appeared to be defying all logic by strengthening against Sterling. The fundamentals...

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GBP CAD Exchange Rate Up Following Weak Canadian Housing Data, Euro Loses Ground Over Berlusconi Fears

10 Dec 2012 at 6 PM - Written by Frank Davies

There was more bad news for the euro earlier today when Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced that he will be quitting his post ahead of schedule. Monti is an affirmed technocrat and was seen as a man whom Brussels could work with in an attempt to control and reduce the Mediterranean nation’s huge governmental debt. The news from...

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