Andrew Bailey hinted that the peak rates could be near<\/a>. His comments come ahead of the BoE rate decision later this month.<\/p>\nThe euro has given up earlier gains. The euro came under pressure after German industrial production dropped -0.8% MoM in July, below the -0.5% fall forecast.<\/p>\n
Eurozone GDP was also downwardly revised to 0.1% QoQ in Q2 down from 0.3% in the earlier reading.<\/p>\n
Recent eurozone data has been weak and raises the chances of a recession in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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