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While Euro maintains its strength against Dollar, its performance is more mixed against other major currencies. The market’s attention is now focused on the upcoming ECB rate decision and press conference. It is broadly anticipated that ECB will maintain deposit rate at 3.75% and main refinancing rate at 4.25% correspondingly. President Christine Lagarde is expected […]

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