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Last week was generally quite stable for Sterling following the Bank of England decision where rates were held with no real immediate concern for any cuts coming soon- the big news though was the NFP report on Friday which showed that the U.S had added 353k jobs in January, which was almost double expectation. This […]

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For its fifth consecutive week sterling gains against the EUR – reaching a high of 1.1730. This is the highest level GBP/EUR has reached since back in September 2023. The latest development to this movement is from yesterday’s European Central Bank meeting. There was no surprises on the decision to leave interest levels untouched at […]

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Pound Sterling reached a 4-month high yesterday against The Euro after a mixed bag of PMI results across manufacturing and services sector for both The UK & EU. Across the board results showed a decline in these sectors throughout Europe, whereas manufacturing and services in particular in The UK saw a surprising increase, paving the […]

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It’s relatively quiet day on the economic front today, but we have started with a basket of PMI Surveys for France, Germany & The Euro-Zone. The consensus across the board seems to suggest a decline in performance through the Manufacturing and Services sector, which right now may not be a major concern, but certainly as […]

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Starting off this week, Monday did not have much to contribute in terms of economic data. Instead we could read reports of concerns from colleagues within the European Central Bank of Christine Lagarde’s leadership. Seeing the voting of confidence being below her pre assessor’s Mario Draghi and Jean-Claude Trichet – leading to EUR losses against […]

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After a fairly positive week for Sterling, December’s Retail Sales put a halt to this run with poor figures recorded last month. This evidently came as a shock to the markets, but can be pinpointed to the fact that many shoppers took advantage of the late November sales as opposed to usually upping their spending […]

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On Thursday we heard from Christine Lagarde in Davos, given us an small indication that ECB could start to cut rates in the Summer but she was stern on the topic of overconfidence in the market could halt their inflation policy and its vital to continue being data-driven. European inflation grew for its first time […]

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Stronger than expected U.S Retail Sales in December has helped to keep the US Dollar elevated near a 5-week high against the major currency pairs, with Interest Rate cut expectations dropping with The Federal Reserve seemingly in no exact rush to lower their rates. Markets have now trimmed the odds of a first rate cut […]

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Pound Sterling has risen across the board this morning after UK inflation figures for December increased more than initial expectations. This has now led to markets lowering their expectations for immediate Bank of England interest rate cuts, which of course bodes well for The Pound if as suggested The Federal Reserve and European Central Bank […]

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