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Monday, June 21, 2010

Last Friday the Dutch Central Office of Statistics published figures that show that the consumer confidence index in the Netherlands in June fell to -18. The index for the consumer confidence was -16 in May and -15 in April. The sub indicator for the economic situation declined the most in the last 12 months, it dropped by 10 points. The sub indicator for the willingness to buy increased by 2 points to -10.

Saturday the Chinese authorities announced that the peg between their national currency, the yuan, and the dollar will end. In response the US dollar exchange rate fell against the euro in the Asian trade and the interest in the Japanese and the Chinese stocks rose. The bond markets reaction was negative. Partly due to this news both the 5Y and 10Y Swap increased with 7 basis points.

Figures from the German Central Office of Statistics show that the German producer prices increased by 0.3% in May on monthly basis compared to the previous month. Economists consulted by the Dow Jones expected an increase of 0.1% on a monthly basis. On an annual basis the German producer prices increased with 0.9%. The economists consulted by the Dow Jones expected an increase of 0.7%.

The 6M Euribor increased by 1 basis point to 1.02% and the 10Y Swap increased by 7 basis points to 3.01%.

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