The awaited UK autumn budget finally announced

The awaited UK autumn budget was finally announced yesterday. What a couple of weeks back looked to potentially become an eventful day for markets – in the end was treated […]
Pound Sterling remains elevated against its major currency peers

All eyes are on the budget, and we’ve seen Pound Sterling remain elevated against its major currency peers as the markets are choosing to focus on potential positives to be […]
Mortgage approvals predicted for a slight down trend in October

Walking into the Tuesday session, we start off with UK mortgage data in the morning. Expectations looks like mortgage approvals are on a slight down trend in October if we […]
Sterling has managed to keep above 1.20 against the Euro

Sterling has managed to keep above 1.20 against the Euro but unfortunately slipped below the 1.30 handle against the Dollar. Following a relatively quiet week we saw pretty sideways price […]
Consumer confidence takes a hit this month

Consumer confidence has taken a hit this month, falling one point lower to -21 as The UK’s budget looms ever nearer. This was mainly due to consumers predictions for the […]
Bank of Canada cuts Interest Rates as expected

The Bank of Canada cut their Interest Rates as expected by 50-basis points to bring the bank rate below 4% in what their fourth consecutive cut as the central bank […]
Euro-USD rate dips below 1.08

This morning we’ve seen the Euro-USD rate dip below 1.08 adding to the sustained pressure the Euro has been under. With the Euro economy struggling and inflation continuing to hold […]
Public net borrowing sweeps past official forecasts

Ahead of the UK autumn budget that will be released in the end of this month – we saw public net borrowing sweep past official forecasts. Borrowing rose to 16.6billion […]
ECB lowered their borrowing costs by 25 basis points

ECB lowered their borrowing costs by 25 basis points to a base rate of 3.75% yesterday – which didn’t come as a surprise and markets were unchanged at the announcement. […]
This week we have a few data releases of note

plenty of news out of the Bank of England and the Fed which will dictate decisions in November, and a lot of economic news to sink our teeth into- overall […]