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 >
Economic updates
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 >
PMIs and Chinese New Year
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AUD: Dollar soars on RBA statement
Overnight we saw the RBA leave their cash rate unchanged at 1.5%. More importantly though was the deliberate ... Read More >
New month, same old stories
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GBP: Payrolls due
It is the first day of the month and, with it being a Friday as well, we will receive a look at the US jobs market via the lat... Read More >
Pivot to patience
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USD: Fed pitches for a pause
It feels strange not starting this update off with a treatise on the state of Brexit but yesterday the Federal Rese... Read More >
Nothing has changed
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GBP: Back to Brussels
With 58 days to go until the UK is set to leave the European Union, Theresa May was told by the House of Commons to return... Read More >
Amendment time
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GBP: Westminster holds the whip over sterling
Another round of will-they-won't-they will play out in Westminster later today as Parliament votes... Read More >