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FX Daily Strategist: Europe

A critical data week for the US dollar The US dollar faces key data this week, beginning with Monday’s ISM manufacturing PMI and culminating with the May employment report on Friday.

Another big first week of the month, ECB, BoE and RBA meet…

The old adage “sell in May” turned out to be a bad guide to market performance this year. Last week, the S&P 500 closed the month under pressure,

ECB preview: long words, short action

• After a pretty hectic ECB meeting a month ago, we expect a somewhat more calm sentiment around this week’s event, but rates may still fall.

June central bank meetings: BoE in focus

Both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank are on the list of central banks meeting next week, which also includes Australia,

ECB Preview: The end of monetary easing

• The likelihood of a deposit rate cut at the upcoming ECB meeting is close to nil and the chance that the ECB will move to negative rates at a later stage is very small.

ECB monthly bulletin

The ECB responded to mounting market pressure and speculation of a rate cut this meeting,

EUR/USD hits session lows after Draghi remarks

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi spoke about the ECB’s decision to cut interest rates last to 0.5% last week.

Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary

U.S. Review 2013 Economic Growth: Soft in the Middle

ECB cuts refi rate, opens door to negative deposit rate

The ECB cut its refi rate by another 25bps to 0.5%, a new record low. The move was the first easing of monetary policy since July 2012.

Draghi says: ECB took new decisions

Following today`s rate decision which an expected cut to interest rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 0.50 percent,

ECB: Cuts refi rate by 25bps

As expected, the European Central Bank went forward with its first rate cut since July 2012,

ECB better ease or else – EURUSD set for 1.3000 test again

ECB preview Assuming an interest rate cut is a given, it’s all about the possibility of other measures to support credit to SME’s in the EU from the ECB today.