Retail sales numbers could prompt further sterling declines
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GBP - Have we been shopping?
Another day, another data point that shows, at least in the short term, that the Bank of England was correct in... Read More >
Economic updates
Sickly sterling unable to rebound
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GBP – No news, but new blues
There may have been more than a few headlines yesterday charting the fall of sterling but as anyone who has been re... Read More >
How low can you go?
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GBP - No deal equals no hope for sterling
Sterling cracked through the 1.30 level yesterday against the US dollar, as much a produ... Read More >
What is a No-Deal Brexit and are we heading for one?
Referendum Day was June 23rd 2016 but Brexit Day, enshrined into law in the UK, will be March 29th 2019. Two years following the activation of Article 50 and st... Read More >
A big week for the world
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USD: Dollar ignores politics and growth
The dollar strengthened momentarily on Friday following the best quarterly growth numbers since 2014... Read More >
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 >
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 >