US ($) Currency Thread 1 (closed - use thread 2)

inspector_monkfish

bad bad figures

cable immediately tumbled to 1.4540

inspector_monkfish

09:30 26Mar09 UK FEB RETAIL SALES -1.9% ON MO; +0.4% ON YR
09:30 26Mar09 UK FEB RETAIL SALES FORECAST -0.4% ON MO; +2.5% ON YR
09:35 26Mar09 UK Retail Sales Drop Sharply In February

LONDON--U.K. retail sales declined sharply in February, driven by broad-based weakness across the sector as the deepening recession weighed on consumer demand, the Office for National Statistics said Thursday.

Seasonally adjusted retail sales fell 1.9% on the month after an upwardly
revised 0.8% increase in January, ONS said. In annual terms, retail sales rose 0.4% after an upwardly revised 3.8% gain in January.

The numbers were significantly weaker than expected, as economists had on average forecast a sales fall of 0.4% on the month and a 2.5% gain on the year, according to a Dow Jones Newswires survey.

The decline was broad based, but mainly driven by steep falls in sales at
nonfood stores, the ONS said. Sales at other stores - principally small
businesses selling items such as books and DVDs - posted their largest decline since the series began in 1995, while sales in textiles, clothing and footwear fell 3.7% on the month, the largest drop since June 2008.

Sales were also likely affected by abnormally poor weather conditions for
February, which saw the heaviest snowfall since 1991, the ONS said.

In line with recent trends, sales volumes at predominantly food stores showed more resilience, declining just 0.3% on the month.

February sales falls came despite continued heavy discounting at nonfood
stores, an ONS spokesman said. However, price rises at predominantly food stores pushed the implied price deflator 0.3% higher than the same period a year ago.

inspector_monkfish

rallied back to 1.4580

jackieblack

:wave:Hello boys! Did you miss me? :blushing:
I haven't posted for a while due to a combination of being off work ill and being without my home computer.

Anyway, look what happened to the exchange rate while I wasn't posting! (maybe you were right about me after all! )

only 9 days 'til my holiday now........ :j

jonathanrichardson69

jackieblack wrote: »

:wave:Hello boys! Did you miss me? :blushing:
I haven't posted for a while due to a combination of being off work ill and being without my home computer.

Anyway, look what happened to the exchange rate while I wasn't posting! (maybe you were right about me after all! )

only 9 days 'til my holiday now........ :j

hi jackie, look what happened when you came back???

inspector_monkfish

jackieblack wrote: »

:wave:Hello boys! Did you miss me? :blushing:
I haven't posted for a while due to a combination of being off work ill and being without my home computer.

Anyway, look what happened to the exchange rate while I wasn't posting! (maybe you were right about me after all! )

only 9 days 'til my holiday now........ :j

welcome back jackie

all joking aside, since you posted at 10.02, cable just fell 30tics ! :cool:


1.4570 to 1.4540 :rotfl:

yozzer2006

Hi Jackie....You look a bit pale to me. Do you think you may have come back to work too early....Take a few more weeks off.:rotfl: :rotfl:

jackieblack

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

welcome back jackie

all joking aside, since you posted at 10.02, cable just fell 30tics ! :cool:


1.4570 to 1.4540 :rotfl:

I could go away again

neilbond007

jackie!!!!

I missed you... it's good to have a bit of female company...
The judge tells me i'm not allowed within 50 feet of a woman in real life....

inspector_monkfish

jackieblack wrote: »

I could go away again

awww.. come on, don't be like that....
:grouphug: