The US dollar had another excellent week, reaching new highs against many currencies. Can this continue or will we see a pause? Rate decisions in New Zealand and in Switzerland, US retail sales and consumer sentiment and the ECB’s TLTRO are among the major events for this week. Here is an outlook on the highlights coming our way. Non-Farm Payrolls posted a superb job gain of 321,000 in November. The release also showed a 0.4% rise in wages. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.8%. This was the biggest jobs gain since January 2012, far above average of 224,000 a month over the past year. This excellent ... (full story)