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As the week is about to come to an end, we open a window at what next week has instore for the markets. On Monday, we get the preliminary PMI figures for December of Australia, Japan, France, Germany, the Euro Zone as a whole, the UK and the US. Also on Monday we get Japan’s machinery orders for Oct

On the radar The ECB Governing Council decided to cut the deposit rate by a further 25 basis points (bp) to 3.0%. Serbian central bank left the key policy rate unchanged at 5.75%. Inflation rate in Serbia eased to 4.3% y/y in November. In Romania industrial output In Slovakia, inflation rate in Nove

The Canadian Dollar (CAD) is soft, but little changed on the session, Scotiabank’s Chief FX Strategist Shaun Osborne notes. CAD on the cusp of a push through 1.42 “The Bank of Canada is widely expected to sanction the 1/2-point rate cut that markets have priced in for today’s policy decision (9.45ET

The Pound Sterling (GBP) appears to have entered a consolidation and is likely to trade between 1.2705 and 1.2770. In the longer run, there has been a strong surge in momentum; GBP may rise to 1.2850, UOB Group’s FX analysts Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note. GBP may rise to 1.2850 24-HOUR VIEW: “

Bashar al-Assad's regime fell over the weekend, Korean lawmakers prepare another impeachment attempt against their President who narrowly avoided removal after briefly imposing martial law last week, and France remains without a new presidential nominee. As such, the US Dollar is stronger on safety