Flight back to safety
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Global markets moved back to the safe havens of old through the Asian trading hours, after a small number of coronavirus cases broke out in Chi... Read More >
Sterling
Falling at the first hurdle
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At 19:00 GMT last night, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered the news that most knew was coming: Britain will be staying in lockdown ... Read More >
One month to go
With a little less than four weeks to go until the end of the Article 50 process, the UK remains on course to leave the European Union without a deal. The past ... Read More >
Sterling unimpressed with May’s cunning plan
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GBP: Meet the new plan, same as the old plan
As we joked last week, Theresa May's Plan B on Brexit following her defeat on the 'meaningful vote'... Read More >
What do we think will happen to the British pound in 2019?
Where to start with sterling? Brexit is an all-consuming beast at the moment and will dominate the pound’s performance through the first two quarters of 2019 at... Read More >
BOE to weigh in on Brexit plans
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GBP: May not yet challenged
Sterling has done little in the past 24hrs as all sides of the Brexit argument feel each other out with a little bit... Read More >
Sterling caught in a confidence trick
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Groundhog week
How many times have I written that the last week was not a good one for the pound? Too many to remember and, unless you spent the... Read More >
A hurdle jumped
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GBP: What's next?
Sterling did everything it could to make life a living hell for people who trade it yesterday. Although great moves in the pri... Read More >
Judgement Day
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GBP: So here we are
There is no running away from it now, by the end of the day we will either be looking at the closest we have ever been to a ... Read More >
Are you prepared for the worst? It’s time to prepare for Brexit
A third (34%) of UK SMEs - the equivalent to 1.9 million businesses - believe that the value of sterling will fall by 10% or more following the UK's departu... Read More >