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Daily Market View 02-12-2025

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Volatility Crumbles Ahead of Time on Lack of Releases

1 Minute Market Rundown

PM denies that Chancellor mislead Parliament regarding "black hole figures".
Very sparse major release schedule today and for much of the week, with only US factory orders and durable goods today.
Pound stems its losses against the Euro and the Dollar in the early hours.

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Some days are simply more dramatic than others, today is not a dramatic day.

With the markets estimates of what the ECB, Fed and BoE are going to do when the three banks meet to decide the next move on interest rates in the third week of this month, whatever they decide will likely have already been priced in for weeks now.

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Whilst it may be good for stability in FX pairings, it doesn't make for much excitement, the Pound continues to struggle, although, not as badly as it did just ahead of the budget.

The Dollar is the biggest question mark however, with the forward guidance of the Fed anyone's guess. Moreover, Powell's term ends in March of next year and Trump still hasn't got his replacement lined up.

And with it being the holiday season soon, volatility will likely drop lower as more and more traders log off to return in January, we'll have to watch volume figures to discern that picture.

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