26 Quotes by Daragh Maher

We will probably see inflation holding around 2.4 percent and it is still benign. Things are generally improving in the euro zone and I don't think this story will be derailed by the PMI.

The rise in output prices ... will not ruffle the doves unduly when the MPC meets next month to decide on interest rates.

The rise in output prices ... will not ruffle the doves unduly when the Monetary Policy Committee meets next month to decide on interest rates.

The sense over the last few days seems to be that the dollar is reasonably well supported. We have had reasonably good numbers out of U.S. for a considerable period and the dollar did not rally, so maybe people are having a bit of a rethink.

The more hawkish rhetoric we've had from the ECB and talk of the next move in interest rates being up is protecting the euro a little. The problem the market has is that it's tougher talk, but action is still some way away.

The yen also got a boost from the China story because the yen is a yuan proxy.

There's a justifiable degree of cynicism about the new coalition. People are unsure about what it will deliver in terms of economic reforms.

Structural nervousness creeps into the market from time to time but interest rates still favor the dollar.

It's not clear what will happen to Europe. A lot of questions have been raised by this vote and none of this is immediately positive.