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Marc Chandler joined Brown Brothers Harriman in October 2005 as the global head of currency strategy. Previously he was the chief currency strategist for HSBC Bank USA and Mellon Bank. In addition to frequently providing insight into the developments of the day to newspapers and news wires, Chandler's essays have been published in the Financial Times, Barron's, Euromoney, Corporate Finance, and Foreign Affairs. Marc appears often on business television and is a regular guest on CNBC and writes a blog called Marc to Market. Follow him on twitter.

Markets

Trichet: Seeing What You Want

Marc Chandler
ECB President Trichet remained hawkish in comments today, noting that inflation is persistently above the target of just below 2%. Yet ECB monetary policy is not base don one pillar but two. The other pillar is money supply. Money supply…
Economy

Portugal Government Under Pressure

Marc Chandler
Rumors of a missed coupon payment in Ireland made the rounds and many now are down playing it. However, the problems in the periphery have not lessened. The real immediate focus is on Portugal. The government's new austerity measures will…
Economy

Looking Past Canadian Retail Sales

Marc Chandler
Canada reported weaker than expected retail sales report. Instead of a 1.0% rise in January, StatsCan reported a 0.3% decline. Weakness was especially noted in the ex-auto component which was flat instead of up 0.7% as the consensus…

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