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The euro stayed under downward pressure all week, losing ground against all G10 currencies but the Norwegian krone as pessimism broadened following talk of a possible bailout of Greece by the EU.

Risk aversion plays also favoured outflows from high yield and emerging market currencies and helped the US dollar index to strengthen to a 5-month high above 79.0.

Weak UK Q4 GDP data only caused a knee-jerk selling in GBP on Tuesday as heavy dividend related GBP/USD buying by oil major BP supported corporate demand. The UK economy limped out of recession in Q4, registering feeble 0.1% q/q growth.

Emerging market currencies were also subject to heavy selling as participants reduced equity and commodity holdings. Silver dropped 4.6% and copper plummeted 6.7%.

UK bond yields wound up modestly higher this week, despite a much weaker than expected outturn for the first estimate of Q4 GDP. Over the week, benchmark 10yr gilt yields fell 1bp to 3.91%, having at one point fallen to a low of 3.84%. Five-year swaps fell 6bps to 3.11% and 3m libor was marginally higher at 0.61625%.

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