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- July 5, 2021
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The pound nudged higher this morning with the British government expected to announce it will proceed with plans to fully reopen the economy later this month despite a surge in COVID-19 cases. After falling to its lowest level since mid-April at $1.3733 last week, the pound was 0.1% higher against the dollar at $1.3852 by […]
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- July 1, 2021
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The pound dropped off this morning after Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned against over-reaction to rising inflation in Britain. Bailey said in his annual Mansion House speech that it was important to ensure that the recovery was not undermined by a premature tightening in monetary conditions, as a rise in inflation was likely […]
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- June 24, 2021
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Today the main focus for GBP is the Bank of England Interest Rate decision. The expectation is expected to see rates kept at their current levels along with existing Quantitive Easing measures to continue for the foreseeable, however it has been stated that The Bank of England will be keeping an eye on inflation which […]
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- June 3, 2021
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GBP has again seen some slight strength against The EUR this morning after fresh signals from Boris Johnson that all Covid restrictions will be lifted on June 21st as originally planned. Although cases are rising throughout The UK, the hospitalisation and death numbers are still relatively low which suggests the vaccines are breaking the link between […]
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- May 27, 2021
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The UK’s economic recovery has recently been overshadowed by new Covid variants leading to a rise in infections, with a daily high of 3,000 cases for the first time since Mid-April. Prompting questions over the further easing of government restrictions on June 21st. UK inflation beat expectations in April, improving by 1.5% largely due to […]
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- May 20, 2021
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In the UK we had inflation data for April which beat expectations of 1.4%, coming out at 1.5%. This was an increase of more than double in comparison to the figures in March. The main reason for inflation increasing so much was due to a rise in energy prices not seen since the beginning of […]
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- May 17, 2021
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Over the last week we have seen Sterling exchange rates continue to rise against the Euro & Dollar as the UK plans to move to the next stage of reopening on 17th May- which will see many more businesses able to reopen which we am sure is music to all of our ears! It also […]
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- May 13, 2021
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We saw some more cause for optimism for The UK’s road to recovery out of the current pandemic with GDP figures showing that The UK’s economy grew stronger than expected in March by 2.1%. Quarterly GDP for the first 3 months of 2021 dropped by 1.5% but again was surprisingly softer than the initial 1.7% […]
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- April 29, 2021
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This week has been a quiet week on the economic front for Sterling, however the positive outlook for The UK keeps improving with Covid cases and deaths continuing to drop due to the steady vaccination rollout. This sentiment was further strengthened with the announcement that The UK has secured an extra 60 million Pfizer doses […]
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- April 23, 2021
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UK Consumer confidence for the UK has reached its peak since Covid-19 restriction have been put in place. Following suit, consumer spending has now breached pre-pandemic levels. Will this economy continue to rebound? Retail footfall, namely public transport, pubs, restaurants have recovered over the past couple of weeks which could continue to recover further as […]
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