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- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Dollar, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Rate Cuts, Rate Hikes, UK, Uncategorised
- November 6, 2023
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After an important week of data and Central Bank decisions- Sterling exchange rates have managed to stabilise higher than where they started last week, both up around 1% respectively. The main reason for this was the Bank of England meeting where Governor Bailey stated that interest rates are not going to be cut just yet […]
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- November 2, 2023
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The Federal Reserve opted to keep Interest Rates at current levels last night, which is a 22-year high as expected. The Central Bank’s Chair Jerome Powell struck a less hawkish tone than the markets were expecting but did leave the door open for one more possible hike. Keeping rates higher for longer seems to be […]
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- October 30, 2023
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The Pound has struggled to maintain any form of strength against the Euro and Dollar over the last month, with GBPEUR currently trading at 1.1450 and GBPUSD trading at 1.2130. After a dovish ECB meeting last week we saw the Euro weaken across the board, with recession expected for the Eurozone over the next few […]
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- October 27, 2023
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No surprises yesterday when ECB (European Central Bank) decided to hold rates at 4.5%. President Christine Lagarde mentioned that there could be further actions in the future but that current market situation did not require monetary actions. In September we saw inflation levels drop drastically for a number of European nations. Market speculations is now […]
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- October 26, 2023
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Australia’s inflation yesterday has shown signs of a continued struggle to drop quick enough, with inflation mainly boosted by higher petrol prices, adding further fuel to the Interest Rate question for The Reserve Bank of Australia. So far, The RBA have left their rates unchanged at 4.1% for the past four months, but prior to […]
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- October 20, 2023
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GBP struggling to keep pace against the EUR this week, currently hovering around 1.1450. Yesterday raised concerns after a number of pension funds find that the government’s plan lacked investment opportunities and also expressed their concern of the risk sentiment when it came to sectors. Markets were quick to react, speculating that liquidity will be […]
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- October 13, 2023
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Throughout this week both GBP and EUR have outperformed the USD, until Thursday afternoon. Strong inflation data was released for the US and the trajectory for a potential further rate hike from the Federal Reserve is back on the table, at least that’s the market census for now. GBP/USD opened at 1.2318 on Thursday and […]
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- Posted by currencies in Dollar, Economy, Fed, Inflation, Rate Hikes, UK, Uncategorised
- October 6, 2023
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After hearing from 3 members of the Federal Reserve give their view on how they prefer the US central bank should go forward and how its performing, suggest further USD strength. Firstly, the discussion was around the high treasure yields in the US, that they are hoping will flatten inflation. Right now, US bond yields […]
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- October 5, 2023
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Sterling rebounded yesterday to give the currency some much needed relief after continued pressure against both EUR & USD most notably over the past 8 weeks. Septembers PMI Survey for the economy came out considerably higher than first estimates suggested, touching 48.5 against forecasts of 46.8. The underwhelming first estimates was one of the reasons […]
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- October 4, 2023
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The pound rose against the dollar for the first time in almost a week, in line with a retreat in the U.S. currency, and after a survey showed UK business activity was less subdued than initially feared in September. The final reading of S&P Global UK Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell in September to […]
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