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By Mark DOWDING, Head of Developed Markets at BlueBay Asset Management
With his reign drawing closer to a conclusion and proffering the potential for a dovish turn, markets are none the wiser as to who will emerge as the next ruler in Frankfurt.
In a holiday-shortened week there was little new data to drive price action in markets, with bonds and currencies trading in relatively narrow ranges, consolidating some of the moves seen in the past several weeks.
Highlights from slim data pickings
Robust Chinese figures for industrial production and retail sales gave further confirmation of a growth rebound, though at the same time suggested that monetary authorities in Beijing...
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