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The dollar hit a 6-1/2 month high after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled policy would remain restrictive for longer, even after holding rates steady, while the Swiss franc dropped after […]
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UK Core Inflation YoY (Aug) was expected to drop by 0.1% to 6.8% but released cooler than expected at 6.2%. This eases some of the pressure for the BOE on […]
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The pound rose against the dollar today as the greenback slipped and as traders looked ahead to the Bank of England’s interest rate decision next week. Sterling has been one […]
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Pound Sterling continued it’s downward trend against The USD, struggling to get back to the 1.25 levels, after poorer than expected economic growth figures in The UK. The economy contracted […]
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Sterling slipped this morning and is on track for its biggest daily drop in a week as UK economy contracted by 0.5% in July, a worse than expected 0.2% contraction […]
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The Pound suffered this morning, trading narrowly lower against the USD as an upbeat market mood was offset by UK recession woes. The Pound gained slightly on Monday despite a […]
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As the first full week of the month fets into full swing- we have a pretty quiet Monday with it being Labor day in the U.S- the only key release […]
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Inflation is the main talking point today with Euro-Zone inflation due out at 10am this morning. Yesterday Germany released their August Inflation figures, with a slight decline from 6.2% in […]
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We had a pretty interesting week on markets with the Jackson Hole Symposium being a non event with no real policy change announced, the FOMC maintained that they will hike […]
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From Monday-Thursday Sterling actually performed pretty well on the week, with Pound to Euro rate reaching 1.1730 and the Pound to Dollar rate hitting 1.28. Unfortunately, on Friday morning, weak […]