Market Update
- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Budget, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, election, EUR, GBP, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- July 29, 2021
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The British Pound has continued its recovery this week with a continuation of daily drops in Covid cases against the figures released 7 days earlier. Earlier this week, The UK saw a 38% drop for week on week cases, bringing some optimism that the third wave ending may well be in sight. With cases having […]
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- July 8, 2021
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GBP is set to at least hold it’s value throughout July with the freedom day of July 19th set to go ahead after being given the green light from Boris Johnson. The main factor behind this decision is due to the correlation that vaccines are having on bringing down hospitalisations and deaths. Economically, GDP is […]
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- July 7, 2021
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The pound has steadied against major currencies this morning after hitting a week’s high against the dollar and a 12-day high against the euro this week as Britain set out reopening plans following the COVID-19 pandemic. Sterling had found support this week on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to COVID-19 restrictions in England in […]
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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 30, 2021
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The British pound is slightly lower this morning as investors waited to hear whether Britain and European Union will agree to extend an exemption on customs checks on chilled meat shipments to Northern Ireland. The current grace period waiving checks on British-made sausages and other chilled meats moving to Northern Ireland is due to end […]
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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 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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