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In focus today Today we get UK retail sales data for July at 8.00 CET. According to polls from Reuters, analysts expect overall retail sales to grow by 0.5% m/m and retail sales excl. fuels to grow by 0.8% m/m. In the US, the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey is released at 16.00 CET. […]

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