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- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Budget, Currency, Dollar, Economy, election, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- August 5, 2022
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The pound eased against the U.S. dollar this morning, a day after the Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates by the most in 27 years in an attempt to smother surging inflation but delivered a stark warning about growth. The BoE lifted its main interest rate by 50 basis points to 1.75%, its highest […]
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- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Budget, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Retail Sales, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- June 23, 2022
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UK Inflation is continuing to rise at unprecedented levels, reaching 9.1% in May. Fuel and energy prices have been the biggest drivers of inflation, which has brought inflation to it’s highest point since 1982. This has led to more calls for The Bank of England to not only continue rate hikes, but to also implement […]
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- June 20, 2022
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The pound edged higher this morning, breaking a three-week losing streak versus the broadly struggling U.S. dollar as hawkish comments from policymakers supported the currency. While the Bank of England raised interest rates by just a quarter point last week – lagging more robust action from the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks, markets […]
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- April 25, 2022
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Last week’s economic releases were fairly quiet up until Thursday when we heard from all three major central banks (the Fed, BoE & ECB) speaking all within the space of 30 minutes. Fed’s Powell confirmed a hawkish outlook for the U.S saying “it is appropriate to be moving more quickly” in relation to their monetary […]
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- April 7, 2022
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The Federal Reserve released their meeting minutes for March yesterday evening, paving the way for USD strength with comments in the report seemingly teeing up a 50 bps hike on their May 4th meeting with markets now pricing this in at 85%. (Up from 82% before the release) Markets are also looking further ahead for […]
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- March 31, 2022
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To start the morning off Q4 GDP YoY for the UK came in at 6.6% vs expectations of 6.5% boosting the pound against both the euro and dollar. Newfound optimism on the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire and peace talks quickly came to a halt after Russia indicated no material progress had been made. U.S equities shaved off […]
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- March 28, 2022
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Sterling edged higher versus the euro this morning, with investors focusing on the Bank of England’s next moves to tame inflation while avoiding recession risks. The pound lost ground against a strengthening dollar as concerns about a prolonged war in Ukraine boosted demand for safe-haven assets. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will give a […]
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- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Bremain, Budget, coronavirus, Dollar, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Rate Cuts, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- March 24, 2022
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UK Inflation hit 6.2%, a 30 year high. The main contributors to inflation rising were a surge in prices of Fuel and food. Household Energy bills have increased by 25% by a year ago and forecasts suggest inflation is on the path to hitting 10% in the coming months. Historically GBP would usually strengthen against […]
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- March 23, 2022
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UK CPI surged to 6.2% for Feb YoY reaching a 30 year high for the pound. As expected, CPI data reaffirmed the consensus of an overheating economy led by energy prices with 8% set as the peak of inflation expected in May and 10% forecasted to be hit around October. PPI data unsurprisingly saw another […]
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Market Update
- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Budget, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, Inflation, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- March 14, 2022
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The British pound fell to a 16-month low against the U.S. dollar, ahead of monetary policy updates from the Bank of England and Federal Reserve later in the week. Both the BoE and Fed are seen raising their main interest rates by 25 basis points at their respective meetings taking U.S rates to 50 bps […]
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