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- January 4, 2023
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The dollar fell this morning, losing out to commodities currencies like the Australian dollar and against the euro, which got a lift from a raft of data that suggested European inflation may finally have peaked. The dollar was already under pressure from investors who have grown more optimistic over the prospect that China’s relaxation of […]
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- August 18, 2022
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Inflation in The UK has again reached new highs, climbing to 10.1% in July mainly contributed by an increase in prices for food and fuel. Expectations for inflation hitting double figures have come much earlier than the initial time-frame of October, and is also the first time since February 1982 that inflation has been in […]
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- August 11, 2022
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U.S inflation in July dropped from 9.1% down to 8.5%, leading to The USD plunging overnight against both GBP & EUR. Although prices within groceries and housing continued to climb, a fall in petrol prices by almost 8% to fall below $4 a barrel for the first time since March, no doubt played the biggest […]
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- May 12, 2022
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US Dollar strength continues to be the theme of May after another high release of Inflation data for April bringing the U.S inflation to 8.3%. The figure was lower than the release in March but still higher than expectations, meaning the aggressive rate approach from The Fed Reserve looks set to remain. As it stands […]
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- April 28, 2022
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USD strength continues to be the theme of this week, with the safe-haven currency set for it’s best month since 2015. The prospect of aggressive rate hikes in the U.S., in the form of three 50bps hikes in upcoming meetings along with an uplift in demand for The Dollar due to growing concerns for economic […]
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- April 25, 2022
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Last week’s economic releases were fairly quiet up until Thursday when we heard from all three major central banks (the Fed, BoE & ECB) speaking all within the space of 30 minutes. Fed’s Powell confirmed a hawkish outlook for the U.S saying “it is appropriate to be moving more quickly” in relation to their monetary […]
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- April 22, 2022
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The British pound tumbled this morning, following data that showed slumping retail sales and record-low confidence as high inflation has cut into consumer spending. Retail sales volumes slid 1.4% from February, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. Economists polled predicted a drop of 0.2%. Sales were revised to a 0.5% drop in February, higher […]
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- Posted by currencies in Bank of England, Bremain, Budget, coronavirus, Dollar, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Rate Cuts, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- March 24, 2022
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UK Inflation hit 6.2%, a 30 year high. The main contributors to inflation rising were a surge in prices of Fuel and food. Household Energy bills have increased by 25% by a year ago and forecasts suggest inflation is on the path to hitting 10% in the coming months. Historically GBP would usually strengthen against […]
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- March 22, 2022
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Uncertainty. If there’s one word to describe the sentiment of FX and global asset markets right now that is it. As expected, President Lagarde’s speech today had no real effect on rates today stating that “we are not seeing the signs of stagflation currently”. Although that might be true for the current time period, that’s […]
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Market Update
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- March 21, 2022
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A quick recap of last week. We saw the Fed raise rates to 0.5% and the Bank of England follow suit raising rates to 0.75% both events widely anticipated by markets and priced in. The tonality for both central banks however were far from similar, the fed Chair Jerome Powell was extremely hawkish on the […]
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