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Weekly market preview – 8 December 2014
A mixed week ahead, with markets trying to take in all the data from the week just gone. Given that many of the major economic releases have been seen in that first week of the month, we are looking primarily at second tier announcements for potential volatility in the markets. In the US, the main event will come in the form of the retail sales number, which many expect to be strong given the recent massive jobs report numbers. In the UK, the only event of note comes on Tuesday, with the manufacturing production figure. Meanwhile in the eurozone, the announcement of the latest takeup of the TLTRO programme is going ... (full story)