EUR

German Justice Minister Catarina Barley is disappointed with the UK Prime Minister’s decisions to ask the EU about some further concessions. Barley advices May to conduct another referendum.

German ZEW Economic sentiment index has reached its maximum reading for the past 4 months. The indicator has shown -15,0 against -18,5, expected by economists.

GBP

UK unemployment rate declined significantly in December. As for the Average Hourly Earnings, they went upwards and reached 10 years’ highs. This was one of the reasons for GBP to go upwards.

USD

Existing Home sales in the United States has shown a significant declined towards the lowest level for the past three years. House prices declined as well.