13 Aug 2015
Greek vote and US retail sales in the limelight today – Danske Bank
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - Analysts at Danske Bank noted the salient events in today’s session.
Key Quotes
“The Greek parliament will today vote on the broad range of austerity and reform measures that has been agreed with the creditor institutions in connection with the new 3-year bail-out agreement. In the euro area the ECB’s account of its monetary meeting will be released today”.
“In the data calendar the most important event today is retail sales for July in the US, which is one of the figures that could have a considerable impact on the FOMC meeting in September. Retail sales have disappointed recently but they should improve”.
Key Quotes
“The Greek parliament will today vote on the broad range of austerity and reform measures that has been agreed with the creditor institutions in connection with the new 3-year bail-out agreement. In the euro area the ECB’s account of its monetary meeting will be released today”.
“In the data calendar the most important event today is retail sales for July in the US, which is one of the figures that could have a considerable impact on the FOMC meeting in September. Retail sales have disappointed recently but they should improve”.