No surprises from headline euro-zone inflation: it picked up from -0.1% to 0%, following Germany’s lead. However, core inflation surprised with a rise to 1%, from 0.9% seen beforehand. Also the unemployment rate provided a positive surprise with a drop down to 10.8% from 11%.

EUR/USD remains stable around 1.10 and so far does not react to the improvements.

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