Global Markets React to Central Bank Decisions and Key Data

Reserve bank of Australia did raise their interest rate levels this morning. Even if the monetary action was expected, we have seen AUD making moves against its peers, with GBP/AUD […]
BoJ Rate Hike Shakes Yen Markets While UK Retail Struggles

Bank of Japan decided to lift interest levels from 0.5% to 0.75%, its highest level since back in 1995. Members from BoJ stated that it is likely to continue raising […]
US Job Growth Boosts Dollar and BoE Rate Cuts Loom Over Sterling

Yesterday we saw ADP Employment Change figures released in The US for January, with 183,000 extra jobs being created from previously. This was an extra 33,000 than forecast and brought […]
USD Weakness and Central Bank Moves Drive Volatility

Market volatility has continued this morning session, with down-side pressure on the USD – that both GBP and EUR took advantages off. The USD weakness happened after Donald Trump held […]
Market Update
This morning we’ve seen a basket of Euro data released from France, Spain and The Euro-Zone. Although preliminary Spanish Inflation data for March suggests a slight rise in prices, Consumer […]
Market Update
If we look into the economic calendar for today, there is nothing coming out for the UK. Consumer confidence from Germany was rolled out this morning and is almost unchanged […]
Market Update
UK Retail Sales showed promising signs for The UK economy, with figures coming in better than initially anticipated, albeit flatlining last month against expectations of a decline in sales. Any […]
Market Update
All eyes are set to be focused on today’s Spring Budget, released at 12:30pm. The budget is expected to be the last major fiscal event before the next general election, […]
Market Update
First two days of this week have not included much data, even if we have seen some volatility on the markets its mainly from reactions from earnings reports last week. […]
Market Update
Yesterday morning markets reacted to the Federal Reserve’s more aggressive than anticipated tone on cutting rates in 2024. The USD lost ground to the majority of other currency pairs. There […]