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Eurozone April industrial production -17.1% vs -18.5% m/m expected

  
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Latest data released by Eurostat – 12 June 2020

  • Prior -11.3%; revised to -11.9%
  • Industrial production WDA -28.0% vs -28.8% y/y expected
  • Prior -12.9%; revised to -13.5%
Those are some horrific numbers but again, it isn’t surprising at this stage since we know that April is the worst month in terms of economic activity due to the widespread lockdown measures in the region and the peak fallout from the virus outbreak.
This all just serves to reaffirm that Q2 economic conditions are set to be the worst in history for the euro area – much like most parts of the world.

Eurozone August unemployment rate 7.4% vs 7.5% prior

  
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latest data released by Eurostat

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The latest unemployment figures from the eurozone are showing a continued steady decline in unemployment numbers. The worry here would have been if employment levels start to fall due to a slowdown in manufacturing etc. However, no concerns like that seen in the data and EURUSD at 1.0932 – remember there are some decent option levels at 1.0900 level on the EURUSD
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