Euro-zone data flow this morning will encourage further hawkish rhetoric from the ECB.

This ... will boost hopes that activity in the first half of 2006 will remain robust. It will also increase talk of the Fed raising rates again in May, to 5%.

Hurricane insurance payouts will not recur, we expect the deficit to narrow sharply again in Q4 2005. The negative impact on sterling from today's release should be short-lived.

Hurricane insurance payouts will not recur, we expect the deficit to narrow sharply again in Q4 2005. Therefore the negative impact on sterling from today's release should be short-lived.

I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here.

The rhetoric will be stepped up on trade.