The latest payrolls report is forecast to show 190,000 US jobs were created in February, reinforcing expectations of a rate hike next week * BT leaders FTSE higher after Openreach deal * UK data point to decent growth in first quarter of 2017 * German imports surge in January outpacing exports 12.26pm GMT CHRISTINE LAGARDE, HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, HAS BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT GREECE AGAIN. Her comments that Greek debt must be restructured were hardly surprising, but it does suggest the IMF is not going to let this one go any time soon. Lagarde insists on debt restructuring https://t.co/cg2fjUxnki pic.twitter.com/6omQMJ5NEH 11.51am GMT BREXIT, FREXIT, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE EXITS. Here in the UK, Theresa May is on the verge of triggering article 50, officially kickstarting the BREXIT process. The tail risk that Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Front National, becomes the next president is not negligible (10% probability). Le Pen wants to pull France out of the euro and the EU. If successful, this would spell the end of Europe as we know it. Continue reading...
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