Week Ahead: Dollar eyes US stimulus talks, retail sales; UK GDP and RBNZ in focus too

Send us Fan Mail Congressional talks in the United States on a new virus relief package will dominate the market headlines yet again in the coming week as the durability of the latest risk-on episode rests on a deal being reached. But investors will also be keeping a close watch on US retail sales figures to gauge how well consumption is holding up amid renewed virus restrictions. Progress on the recovery will be preoccupying the pound too as UK GDP numbers are due, while the RBNZ is unlikely...