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- March 1, 2023
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This week saw Pound gain strength against the Euro (0.2%) as well as the Dollar (0.76%), following the Prime Minister’s announcement of a deal with the EU to amend the original Northern Ireland Protocol. This should help resolve some of the tension caused by 2020 post-Brexit arrangements relating to Northern Irelands open border with the […]
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- Posted by currencies in Bremain, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, Inflation, Rate Cuts, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- February 27, 2023
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To recap on Friday, we saw a reduction in the initial jobless claims for the US following that the job market in the US remains strong. The dollar’s strength could continue in the near-term as US economic data support the case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates further, Investors now price in three […]
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- February 24, 2023
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A reduction in weekly jobless and initial claims for the US confirming a continuing strong job market. If look back to the start of the month, non-farm payroll, that pictured an extremely healthy report on the job market and while retail sales been strong too and business activity rebounding to an eight-month high for February. […]
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- February 23, 2023
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Yesterday’s FOMC meeting minutes from The Federal Reserve brought further strength to The USD, as we saw both GBP & EUR lose ground by 0.5%. After the last rate hike it looked like The Federal Reserve would slowly bring their rate hikes to a pause in order to fully analyse where inflation actually is. But […]
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- February 22, 2023
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Sterling rose above 1.21 against The USD & rose closer to 1.14 against The EUR after surprisingly better than expected PMI figures for The UK. Strong economical growth within the services sector in February along with lower than expected public sector borrowing were the main drivers behind the climb in GBP. The next week is […]
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- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Budget, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- February 20, 2023
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To recap on Friday, we had four FED speeches, simply just talking about economic outlook of what’s yet to come they basically mentioned they are going to be more hawkish and there’s a need for further rate hikes which will further boost the dollar. The dollar hit a six-week high against many currencies as it […]
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- February 17, 2023
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Yesterday we saw US PPI (producer price inflation) reach 0.7%, its highest level in 7 months. We also had four speeches from Federal Reserve members commeting on the economic outlook for the US. Main topic was the view on inflation, unemployment and economic output. In recent weeks there has been speculations about a Fed policy pivot […]
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- February 16, 2023
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The USD dipped slightly this morning, giving up some of its gains from yesterday but is still keeping GBP struggling to break the 1.21 area and the EUR just about hanging on to 1.07. U.S Retail Sales rebounded sharply in January after two straight months of declining figures, rising 3% on the month when compared […]
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- February 15, 2023
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Yesterday we saw UK Employment data release above expectation, which saw GBP climb above both Dollar & Euro. 34K more jobs above forecast and unemployment remained unmoved at 3.7%. Average earnings however dropped by 0.3% below forecast to 5.9%. Today we had UK Core inflation data released this morning, which come out 0.4% better than forecast at […]
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- February 14, 2023
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UK Wages continued to climb in the UK but failed to keep pace with inflation despite the largest rise outside of the COVID pandemic. Pay, excluding bonuses, increased at an annual pace of 6.7% between October and December 2022, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. However, when adjusted for inflation, regular pay fell by […]
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