USD Weakens as Tariff Concerns Drive Sell America Trade

In the last two days we have seen a strong indication of weakness for USD. Since Friday both EUR and GBP have taken major advantages to its currency peer. Tuesday morning has opened in red for USD, with markets continuing a ‘‘sell America’’ trade after Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats of additional 10% tariffs. GBP/USD is up 1% since yesterday’s low, while EUR/USD have seen gains of almost 1.2%. Eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels this week to discuss how the situation should be handled and with potential retaliation from Europe applied on the US.

We did see UK average earnings released this morning, below its previous figures of 4.8% down to 4.7% showing signs that employers salaries are not growing as wished. At the same time, we also had UK unemployment figures that were held at the same level as its previous of 5.1%. Even if we have seen economic releases from the UK, the Greenland/tariff situation is overshadowing it for the time being.

In the afternoon we will also see the weekly employment change in the US. With already growing volatility for USD-pairs, any indications or surprises coming off expectations could generate additional movement for markets to pressure the USD further. This would be if labour figures came in short.

GBP/EUR 1.1461 GBP/USD 1.3457 GBP/AED 4.9454
GBP/AUD 1.9979 GBP/CHF 1.0621 GBP/CAD 1.8598
GBP/NZD 2.3039 EUR/USD 1.1727 GBP/ZAR 22.1279

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