Retail Sector Struggles Amid Rising Inflation and Declining Housing Prices
Tuesday started off with retail sales release from BRC (British Retail Consortium). Even if figures did improve for December, the ‘golden quarter’ between October and December did produce dire numbers […]
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 […]