Sterling’s Strong Week and German Elections
Last week was a positive one for Sterling, with stronger-than-expected employment figures, higher inflation (which pushes back expectations of interest rate cuts), and strong retail sales data. Since much of this […]
Fed’s Inflation Stance, Trump’s Tariffs & Global Trade Concerns
Federal Reserve minutes from their January meeting pressed home the fact that officials feel the need to see inflation continue to fall before committing to lowering interest rates further. On […]
Pound Sterling Hits 2025 Highs as Inflation Surges
Pound Sterling is now boasting 2025 highs against the Euro, with the rate being at its best level since January 2nd, due to inflation surprising markets and showing that the […]
RBA Cuts Rates, UK Economic Growth Strengthens, and Canadian Inflation in Focus
RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) reduced their interest rate levels by 25 basis point this morning, down to a total base rate of 4.1%. While the monetary action was expected, […]
Sterling’s Rebound, U.S. Uncertainty, and Key Market Events to Watch This Week
Last week proved to be supportive for Sterling, with an unexpected upside surprise in UK GDP data, showing that the economy grew rather than contracted in the last quarter. This positive momentum, coupled with uncertainty […]
Rising US Inflation Challenges Rate Cut Hopes
US Inflation released yesterday showed an unexpected rise in January with figures climbing to 3% to hit its highest level in six months. This unexpected rise comes one week after […]
Trade War Tensions and Economic Uncertainty Shape Global Outlook
Markets are fairly steady currently, amid Trade War jitters with Donald Trump officially imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports into the US earlier this week. With […]
GBP Struggles Despite Retail Sales Boost – Market Eyes BoE & Fed Speeches
Concerns have been raised in the last few months on how the UK economy is underperforming – which has been noticed on markets with GBP not performing as well as […]
Inflation, GDP, and Central Bank Signals Set the Tone for FX This Week
Last week was a volatile yet relatively predictable one, with markets digesting further tariff announcements from President Trump and the Bank of England’s 25bps interest rate cut. Despite these developments, Sterling ended […]
BoE Rate Cut Impacts GBP, UK Housing Prices Surge, and US Jobs Data in Focus
There were no surprises from Bank of England’s decision of cutting interest rates yesterday by 25 basis points, now holding a base rate of 4.5%. Even if it was expected […]