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Analysts at TD Securities point out that in the UK, PM Theresa May struck a deal with revised Brexit terms with Juncker but the new wording needs to pass the vote later tonight.

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“Ahead of the vote, monthly GDP is released, and we look for a very mild pick-up of 0.1% m/m in January GDP growth (mkt: +0.2%) after December’s surprising and broad-based 0.4% m/m decline. This would bring the 3m/3m rate of GDP growth to just 0.1%, back near its early-2018 lows (which were the lowest since 2012), and threatening a negative 19Q1 print. We expect small gains in both construction and the service sector, with a small decline in manufacturing in the month.”