Politics push sterling to give up recent gains
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GBP: Brexit plans unravelling
The week started with Cabinet resignations and is ending with a government that could soon be hamstrung by reb... Read More >
Economic updates
A nation turns its lonely eyes to EU
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GBP: How many battles can May flight?
Thank god sterling does not trade on the impact of football results, you could argue that it should ha... Read More >
US steps up the trade war rhetoric
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USD: Trump announces another load of tariffs on Chinese goods
We’re back to talking about tariffs after the US Trade Representative released... Read More >
Westminster focus to keep GBP on edge
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We’ve noted countless times that the weekend sessions are some of the most important for sterling such is the positioning of UK politicians o... Read More >
Cheq-mate
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USD: Sunshine is here again
As expected the minutes from the Federal Reserve continued an overtly confident tone on the US economy. The doll... Read More >
Euro collapses as rate hikes ruled out for over a year
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EUR: Draghi 4-0 Euro
The euro was given a kicking yesterday by the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi despite his announcement tha... Read More >
Dollar stronger as investors wait on Fed meeting
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GBP: Conservative concessions
Politics and economics combined to send sterling all around the houses yesterday, although GBPEUR and GBPUSD a... Read More >
Trump/Kim summit light on detail, heavy on the PR
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USD: Fed more important for dollar than Trump/Kim summit
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have announced that they have reached an ‘agreement’ f... Read More >
A tough week to navigate – WorldFirst Weekly Sterling Update
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A continued deterioration
As I write this, sterling is reacting to yet another poor run of data that shows up the state of the UK economy ... Read More >
Data to trump politics this week
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USD: Trump upsets everyone and heads to Singapore
The currency market reaction to the G7 meeting and its fallout has been rather s... Read More >