Sterling Trends, Key Data Releases, and Market Insights for 2025
Sterling’s Early-Year Sell-Off The first week of 2025 began with a Sterling sell-off on January 2nd. Interestingly, this has happened consistently over the past seven years. However, history suggests that […]
Fed cuts rates by 25bps, pausing further reductions for the coming months
Last week was a pretty volatile week from a Sterling and Dollar perspective- with both central banks having their interest rate decision within 24 hours of each other. The Fed […]
Federal Reserve reduces interest rates by 25 basis-points
The US Dollar has risen across the board overnight after we saw The Federal Reserve reduce their interest rates by 25 basis-points, which would usually weaken the currency. However, due […]
UK Inflation rises for a second consecutive month in November
Inflation in The UK has risen for a second consecutive month in November, moving further away from The Bank of England’s two percent target as last month saw a fairly […]
UK Sees First Earnings Growth Acceleration in Over a Year
Average earnings in for the UK saw a growth of acceleration for the first time in more than a year reaching 5.2%. In the last month average earnings came in […]
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 […]
European Central Bank cuts interest rates by 25 basis points
European Central Bank cut their interest rates yesterday by 25 basis points – leading up to their meeting there was a split view whether it could potentially be even 50 […]
Federal Reserve still expected to opt for a third straight interest rate cut
US Consumer Prices rose in November by the biggest margin in 7 months, ticking up to 2.7%, with the Federal Reserve still expected to opt for a third straight interest […]
Pound Sterling climbs to a new 2 year-high
Pound Sterling climbed to a new 2 year-high yesterday as it gained momentum ahead of Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting. As it stands, The European Central Bank is expected to […]
The Reserve bank of Australia decides to hold rates at bay
The Reserve bank of Australia decided to hold rates at bay, currently at a base level of 4.35%. No surprise as it was convincing percentages that there would be a […]