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Pound Sterling continued it’s downward trend against The USD, struggling to get back to the 1.25 levels, after poorer than expected economic growth figures in The UK. The economy contracted […]

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As the first full week of the month fets into full swing- we have a pretty quiet Monday with it being Labor day in the U.S- the only key release […]

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Inflation is the main talking point today with Euro-Zone inflation due out at 10am this morning. Yesterday Germany released their August Inflation figures, with a slight decline from 6.2% in […]

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We had a pretty interesting week on markets with the Jackson Hole Symposium being a non event with no real policy change announced, the FOMC maintained that they will hike […]

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The British pound dropped to a 10-week low on Friday as investors rein in expectations of where they think the Bank of England’s interest rate might peak after recent soft […]

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From Monday-Thursday Sterling actually performed pretty well on the week, with Pound to Euro rate reaching 1.1730 and the Pound to Dollar rate hitting 1.28. Unfortunately, on Friday morning, weak […]

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Pound Sterling is still climbing against The EUR after yesterday’s positive inflation release. Inflation dropped from 7.9% down to 6.8% in the year to July, with the main contributors being […]

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The US Dollar has edged lower this morning ahead of what is a key inflation release for The US. With headline CPI forecast to pick up slightly in July to […]

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Last week the main event was the BoE interest rate hike, where the Central Bank raised interest rates by 25bps- but kept the stance of more hikes COULD happen if […]

Market Update

GBP/USD is battling to stay above 1.27 after losing ground against USD due to strong payroll Data which exceeded growth expectations in July, which has now raised expectations for the […]