UK Growth Slows as Markets Await Bank of England Rate Decision
Poor economic performance in The UK continues to gather momentum over the past three months as the economy grew by a meagre 0.1%. More importantly, the three months from July […]
Markets Catch Their Breath After Volatile Weeks Ahead of Key UK Data
After a hectic few weeks of central bank decisions, inflation data, and political noise, this week finally looks set to offer a brief pause for breath. The docket is notably […]
Sterling Under Pressure as BoE Holds and Reeves Signals Fiscal Tightening
It’s been another turbulent week for the Pound, as both monetary and fiscal headlines out of the UK triggered sharp market reactions. Between the Bank of England’s closely contested rate […]
Sterling Under Pressure Ahead of Bank of England Decision
Sterling remained under pressure this morning as investors positioned themselves ahead of the Bank of England’s policy announcement. Markets are currently pricing in a one-in-three chance of an interest rate […]
Sterling Slides as Reeves Announces Surprise Income Tax Rise
Sterling fell to its corresponding G10 pairs after Rachel Reeves held an unscheduled announcement confirming that she will raise income taxes, this was one of the main manifesto pledges that […]
UK Growth Downgrade and Sterling Rebounds
A quick recap on yesterday’s budget, with the main takeaways being that real GDP growth for 2025 has been downgraded to 1% (notably from 2%) from initial predictions in the […]
Pound Sterling loses further ground against both Euro & US Dollar
Pound Sterling has lost further ground against both The Euro & US Dollar this morning after it has emerged that UK GDP figures in November undershot expectations of 0.2% growth, […]
Sterling Gains on Lower Inflation
Pound Sterling has had a bit of a reprieve this morning with December Inflation figures coming in surprisingly lower than initial forecasts had predicted. Inflation was expected to hit 2.6% […]
Sterling finishes the week on a downbeat note after disappointing UK GDP figures
Sterling ended the week on a pretty negative note following weak UK GDP data with GBPEUR falling to 1.20, and GBPUSD falling to 1.26. The biggest concern with the data […]
President Macron commits to appointing a PM to pass the next budget
Last week French politics took the spotlight with a vote of no confidence resulting in the current Government being dissolved. Upon PM Barniner’s exit, there has been much positive movement […]