Monday's session brought German Business Climate figures.Sentiment among German businesses weakened at the beginning of the year. The Ifo Business Climate Index for German industry and trade fell to just 107.3 points in January from 108.6 points in December. Analysts were predicting smaller decline to 108.5. Assessments of the current business situation were scaled back slightly, but remained very good. Business expectations, by contrast, clouded over significantly. The year started with an unpleasant surprise for the German economy.
"German business leaders are looking to the new year with some anxiety," outgoing Ifo President Hans-Werner Sinn said in a statement. Markets, however, have remained jittery and all eyes will be on the Fed now, which will communicate decisions of a
FOMC meeting at Wednesday. The statement should sound more dovish than in December, which should help emerging markets to recover - at least temporarily.
There will be no data releases from Eurozone tomorrow, so we can expect another steadier session. In the US session CB Consumer Confidence figures will be published. Analysts are predicting no significant change.
Figures to watch:
CB Consumer Confidence (Tuesday 16:00)