Dollar weakens as markets bet further on trade deals
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USD: Trade hopes dent dollar
While it may be President's Day in the United States and therefore a bank holiday, political news from the States c... Read More >
Economic updates
Politics charge on
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USD: Walls of worry
A poor retail sales announcement and fears that yesterday's trade truce extension may not come to pass have weakened the US ... Read More >
Waiting on decisions
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GBP: Votes but not meaningful ones
Sterling had a volatile day yesterday although the moves did not come courtesy of Brexit or yesterday's infla... Read More >
Kiwi learns to fly
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USD: Trade cliff delayed?
The continued belief that China and the US will come to an agreement on trade that will at least prevent an increase i... Read More >
Ever decreasing circles
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GBP: Poor politics, poor data
Sterling slipped yesterday as Q4 GDP slipped to a preliminary reading of 0.2%, a decline that would have been a lo... Read More >
All eyes on Beijing
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CNH: Welcome back
With China returning following a week's holiday for the Lunar New Year celebrations, focus falls back on the trade talks betwe... Read More >
Poised
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GBP: Fog of Brexit
Yesterday's Bank of England meeting ably summarised the paucity of options that a central bank has at its disposal while the ... Read More >
BOE to try and thread the needle
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GBP: 50 days to go
The Bank of England has been very quiet in the past few months, not wanting to get drawn into a he-said-she-said on the impac... Read More >
Sterling cracks lower
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GBP: Crumbling foundations
Sterling had a horrible day yesterday, falling by the most in a session since the government lost the ‘meaningful vot... Read More >
New week, new year
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The week ahead in GBP
With little new news expected from parliament this week ahead of the next ‘meaningful vote’ in the Commons on February 13t... Read More >