EUR/USD dribbles below 1.0800 amid lackluster US debt ceiling talks, focus on ECB’s Lagarde, Fed Minutes
The EUR/USD pair resumed its downward trend after a brief recovery, touching last week's low near 1.0760. The US dollar is performing better than the Euro, leading to a bearish bias for the pair. Despite optimistic statements from the European Central Bank (ECB), weak data from the Eurozone has failed to boost the common currency. Preliminary PMIs from May showed a decrease in the Manufacturing index, while the Service index managed to stay above market consensus. Inflation indicators improved slightly, but the Services sector's inflation rose, which is something that ECB officials have recently addressed. Germany's Manufacturing Index fell to a 36-month low, whereas the Service Index unexpectedly rose to its highest level in 21 months.
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The EUR/USD pair resumed its downward trend after a brief recovery, touching last week's low near 1.0760. The US dollar is performing better than the Euro, leading to a bearish bias for the pair. Despite optimistic statements from the European Central Bank (ECB), weak data from the Eurozone has failed to boost the common currency. Preliminary PMIs from May showed a decrease in the Manufacturing index, while the Service index managed to stay above market consensus. Inflation indicators improved slightly, but the Services sector's inflation rose, which is something that ECB officials have recently addressed. Germany's Manufacturing Index fell to a 36-month low, whereas the Service Index unexpectedly rose to its highest level in 21 months.
Plan trade in the intro
