EUR/USD
Yesterday’s market events can be well packed into two stories. The first one concerns the ISDA’s (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) conclusion that the swap for private Greek debt holders is not a credit event and therefore will not trigger CDS. This news has supported equity markets, especially the banking sector, which feels somewhat mystically feared at the word “default”. The other story is about rather unimpressive data on the economy. That’s all in relation to expectations, of course. If earlier the U.S. unemployment claims totaling 351 thousand gave rise to the most optimistic sentiments in the markets, now these figures more…