Dollar Strength Continues as Oil and Gas Prices Climb
Tuesday was not full stacked with economic data, it did not stop markets from being active. We can see continuing strength from safe haven currencies, particularly the USD. The escalation […]
EU Inflation Holds Steady as Energy Shock Clouds Rate Outlook
Preliminary inflation rate will be released from the European Union today. Forecasting is that core inflation will be unchanged at 2.2% from its previous month. The outlook is looking similar […]
EU Inflation Signals Ahead of Key US PPI Release
Throughout this morning session we have preliminary inflation readings from a few different EU countries. Even if its not the final data release, this tends to give us an indication […]
Sterling Steady as Markets Await Key Data
Tensions continue to grow for GBP, struggling to hold its levels against EUR and USD. Recent USD strength is coming from selloffs in stock markets from tariffs threats and once […]
Retail Sales Surprise While Inflation Concerns Linger
UK retail sales surged in January, seeing an uplift of 1.8% month-on-month. The initial forecast was telling us a different story, with expectations of a decline down to 0.2% from […]
Pound Slides as UK Unemployment Hits Five Year High
The British Pound faced selling pressure on Tuesday following the release of weaker than expected UK unemployment data. The readings from the data, suggest markets now raised the probability of […]
Dollar Edges Lower Ahead of Key US Labour and Retail Data
The US Dollar is drifting slightly lower this morning as investors wait for a heavy run of US economic data that will help shape interest rate expectations. Attention remains firmly […]
Global Markets React to Central Bank Decisions and Key Data
Reserve bank of Australia did raise their interest rate levels this morning. Even if the monetary action was expected, we have seen AUD making moves against its peers, with GBP/AUD […]
USD Stabilises as Fed Chair Speculation Emerges Ahead of Key Eurozone GDP Data
The USD has shown small signs of a recovery in the opening session of Friday, carried on from Thursday afternoon. Recent catalyst is that rumours from the US indicate that […]
USD Under Pressure as Gold Surges and Fed Meeting Looms
Yesterday we saw continuing USD weakness after Donald Trump revoked his intentions of military actions on Greenland and withdraw tariff threats towards UK and European countries. We have seen gold […]