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As at Wednesday March 10th 2010
Dollar Optimism at 18 Mth High
Investors are the most bullish on the dollar since the collapse of Lehman Brothers ....
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| Weekly Market Brief |
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| The health of the consumer should dominate in terms of US data this week…* In the eurozone, news from the industrial sector should dominate an otherwise light week with manufacturing output reports for January…* It is also a relatively quiet w... |
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| February/March |
| * Dollar gets support from rise in risk aversion * Euro remains under pressure on sovereign risk concerns * Sterling beats hasty retreat versus dollar * Yen continues to see safe haven support * |
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| Interest Rate Comment |
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2009 to date
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| Indicative Interest Rates |
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| As at Monday March 8th 2010 |
| Libor Settings |
1m |
2m |
3m |
6m |
12m |
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0 |
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| Libor Swaps |
2yr |
3yr |
4yr |
5yr |
7yr |
10yr |
15yr |
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1.34 |
1.93 |
2.43 |
2.85 |
3.44 |
3.96 |
4.43 |
| BMA Swaps |
2yr |
3yr |
4yr |
5yr |
7yr |
10yr |
15yr |
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1.15 |
1.56 |
1.93 |
2.26 |
2.74 |
3.17 |
3.61 |
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| AIB Prime Rate |
3.25 |
As At 12/16/2008 |
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| Fed Funds Rate |
0.25 |
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| BMA Index Rate |
0.17 |
As At 03/03/2010 |
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| March/April |
| Construction Activity Continues to Decline - But Not All Bad News :Number of new housing registrations falls further : The level of new house guarantee registrations has fallen even further to average around just 150 a month in the three months ... |
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