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Eurozone contracts

GDP for the first quarter has contracted -2.5% in the eurozone, a figure in line with market expectations and one that takes the annual rate of decline to -4.9%. Exchange rates for many of the high yielding currencies are lower this morning, particularly the pound which is under pressure in anticipation of trade balance figures and the MPC interest rate decision due tomorrow.
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Japans GDP contracts 4%

Japan’s economy has contracted by 4% in the first quarter of 2009, taking the annual rate of contraction to 15.2% as the strong yen and slump in global trade battered the Japanese export sector. The pound is trading at its highest level in 2009 against the US dollar and has strengthened against the euro and yen amidst the view that the UK is well placed for economic recovery.
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US Retail Slumps

The risk rally lost momentum overnight as US retail sales figures declined by 0.4% in April. US retail sales figures are a crucial to wider economic sentiment as they are directly related to business confidence and import levels. Weakened growth predictions from the Bank of England and negative industrial production figures from the eurozone also dragged exchange rates downwards for the “riskier” currencies.
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Euro at 5 week low

The euro is sitting at a 5 week low against the US dollar this morning as the single currency continues to be plagued by uncertainty surrounding ECB strategy. Larger than expected credit write downs at Bank of America yesterday reignited…

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Euro hits one-month low against dollar

The CBI has predicted the UK economy will contract by 3.9% in 2009, more than twice the amount predicted by Alistair Darling late last year. The euro has reached a one month low against the dollar amid concerns that the…

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Sterling gains on Euro

Better than expected jobless data in the US yesterday bolstered investor hopes of a tentative stability in the world’s largest economy. While economic data continues to be mixed, there is growing evidence the rate of decline is slowing in the…

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UBS to cut 8,700 jobs

Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS, has said it will seek to cut costs by shedding 8,700 jobs by 2010. The news came as the bank announced it had lost about 2bn Swiss francs in the first three months of 2009. UBS…

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World leaders agree trillion dollar aid deal

World leaders yesterday agreed on a $1.1 trillion injection of financial aid into the global economy, with Gordon Brown claiming that the grand bargain he had brokered represented “a coming together of the world” which would speed recovery from the…

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