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- March 11, 2024
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In a surprising turn of events, the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in October, causing the value of the British pound to decrease. Economists had predicted a steady or slight growth of 0.1% for the month. This decline in the economy reflects the growing pressures on households and businesses because of the rising cost of […]
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- February 27, 2024
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First two days of this week have not included much data, even if we have seen some volatility on the markets its mainly from reactions from earnings reports last week. We can see that liquidity is filling stock markets across the world that has been the general factor for minor movements on currency pairs. If […]
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- February 12, 2024
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Pound Sterling has continued to be supported through last week and now faces a heavy week of economic data, which will no doubt play on the minds of The Bank of England regarding future Interest Rate moves. Up first, we have UK Employment Data, particularly the unemployment rate which forecasts currently suggest will have risen […]
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- February 6, 2024
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RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) went down the same path as other central banks last week and kept rates on hold for now. No surprises here, as the majority of central banks still waiting to see when the Federal Reserve will make their next move and follow suit. On top of that Australia main export […]
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- February 5, 2024
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Last week was generally quite stable for Sterling following the Bank of England decision where rates were held with no real immediate concern for any cuts coming soon- the big news though was the NFP report on Friday which showed that the U.S had added 353k jobs in January, which was almost double expectation. This […]
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- January 29, 2024
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Its a busy week ahead in terms of data and central bank meetings. US and the Federal Reserve hold their meeting on Wednesday. The latest announcements is that members have stopped saying that they need to keep rates higher for longer. Wednesday could be an indication of a more clear view of when a first […]
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- January 22, 2024
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After a fairly positive week for Sterling, December’s Retail Sales put a halt to this run with poor figures recorded last month. This evidently came as a shock to the markets, but can be pinpointed to the fact that many shoppers took advantage of the late November sales as opposed to usually upping their spending […]
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- January 18, 2024
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Stronger than expected U.S Retail Sales in December has helped to keep the US Dollar elevated near a 5-week high against the major currency pairs, with Interest Rate cut expectations dropping with The Federal Reserve seemingly in no exact rush to lower their rates. Markets have now trimmed the odds of a first rate cut […]
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- January 16, 2024
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German GDP figures for 2023 was released yesterday and showed a decrease of economic output for 2023 by -0.3%. Showing that the German economy is struggling with higher interest rates. With that in mind, this morning we had German inflation for December recording a level of 3.7% from 3.2% in November. Challenges ahead now is […]
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- January 15, 2024
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Sterling exchange rates closed on Friday net positive for the week after GDP numbers showed that the UK economy rebounded in November- however, the part that perhaps wasn’t reported as much is that over the quarter the economy contracted by 0.2%. Overall this is following the trend that the UK economy is not growing at […]
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