The Pound Finished The Week Strong
Last week marked the end of Q3 and the beginning of the final quarter of the year, and we saw a fair amount of volatility across both Sterling and US […]
Pound Continues To Extend Gains
The pound had a strong week against the euro, climbing to around 1.1741 — its highest in about two and a half months. Most of the move came from euro […]
UK House Price growth slowed to a nine-month low
U.S 30-year bonds climbed to 5.63% yesterday, touching its highest levels since 2022, mainly driven by August’s consumer spending growing at its fastest pace in over a year. This data […]
UK Growth and US Data in Focus
UK GDP figures this morning showed the British economy grew by 0.5% in the second quarter, mainly due to stronger services activity as well exports influencing a drive in growth. […]
RBA Hikes Again as Markets Turn to UK Housing and US Jobs Data
Tuesday set off with a central bank policy meeting, this time from Australia. RBA, Reserve Bank of Australia raised its interest rate level for the fourth time in 2026. Base […]
Sterling Faces Growing Budget Uncertainty
As we head into October, I think the biggest domestic risk facing Sterling over the next month is becoming fairly clear: the UK Budget on 28 October. The Pound has […]
Bailey Speech and Key US Data in Focus
The European session begins with German consumer confidence, Spanish GDP and Eurozone money supply and lending figures. These are unlikely to be major standalone market movers, but with the euro […]
Oil Prices Fall as U.S. and Iran Diplomatic Hopes Grow
Oil prices fell again this morning as signs of diplomatic progress between The U.S and Iran, combined with improving prospects of flows of oil weighed heavy on markets. Oil fell […]
UK Borrowing, European Confidence and US Jobs in Focus
Tuesday starts with UK public net borrowing, worth mentioning is that this reading exclude banks. It’s previous figure came in at -1.8B, forecast for today was that net borrowing will […]
Central Banks Tighten as Geopolitics Remains the Key FX Risk
Last week was probably one of the most important we have had for monetary policy in quite a while and, fortunately, the three major central-bank decisions did not deliver any […]