Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="tickerColumn"> </td> <td class="articleColumn">European Summary<p><strong>European Sovereign Debt Little-Changed</strong></p><ul><li>European government bonds are beginning this week on a calm note after the Fed's jawboning of rate hike expectations last week pushed prices sharply lower. The European Central Bank's Governing Council will release its next decision this Thursday. The ECB is widely expected to keep monetary policy on its current course through at least the third quarter of this year. Its monthly asset purchases will taper to EUR60 bln on April 1 from their current level of EUR80 bln. Eurozone PMI data has been showing strength lately and the hope is that the «hard» economic data catches up eventually and then that the ECB can taper its asset purchases further in 2018 and begin to hike the deposit rate (currently -0.40%)</li><li>The euro currency is losing ground this morning after Alain Juppe scuttled speculation that he could run as the Republican candidate in France's April/May presidential election. Francois Fillon will likely run instead despite a scandal regarding improper payments to his wife and children. Markets are concerned about the small but not insignificant chance that Marin Le Pen will win in the run-off round of the election and move to withdraw France from the eurozone. Such an event, though unlikely, would have massive consequences, far greater than Grexit or Brexit<br/> <ul><li>EUR/USD: -0.20% to $1.0601</li></ul></li><li><strong>European Economic Data:</strong><br/> <ul><li>In the eurozone, the Sentix Investor Confidence Index rose more than expected to 20.7 for March (17.4 in February)<br/> <ul><li>The eurozone's retail purchasing managers' index slipped to 49.9 in February from 50.1 in January</li></ul></li><li>Greece's GDP shrunk by 1.2% q/q in the fourth quarter (-0.1% for FY2016)</li><li>In the U.K., new car sales fell by 0.3% y/y in February. Taxes on auto sales will rise on April 1 and that is expected to bring some sales forward into March</li></ul></li><li><strong>Yield Check:</strong><br/> <ul><li>France, 10-yr OAT: -1 bp to 0.94%</li><li>Germany, 10-yr bund: unch at 0.32%</li><li>Greece, 10-yr note: +1 bp to 6.97%</li><li>Italy, 10-yr BTP: unch at 2.10%</li><li>Portugal, 10-yr PGB: unch at 3.91%</li><li>Spain, 10-yr ODE: -1 bp to 1.68%</li><li>U.K., 10-yr gilt: -1 bp to 1.12%</li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr></table>"