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After a disappointing retail sales release from the U.S on Friday, we saw the markets very quickly jump into positions on the Dollar- GBPUSD fell from 1.25 down to 1.24, […]
Market Update
Tuesday was a busy day for global economic releases, below are some of the highlights and impact it had on the markets. UK- BRC Retail Sales Monitor YOY (MARCH)- Forecast: […]
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Markets have been quiet due to the extended Easter Bank Holiday weekend- but on Friday we did have U.S NFP’s release- and though the number was better than expected, the […]
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USD has edged higher this morning with risk sentiment amongst traders softening, however the safe-haven currency still remains near 2 month lows as it looks increasingly likely that The Federal […]
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Overall, the month of March was quite supportive for Sterling with GBPEUR closing the month at 1.1370 and GBPUSD closing at 1.2320. With positive GDP for the UK and a […]
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The pound has been steady today and looks to be heading for its biggest monthly gain versus the dollar since November, as an apparent abatement in concern among investors over […]
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UK- BOE Gov. Bailey Speech – On Monday, at the London School of Economics the Governor gave clear hints that interest rates may have to go higher in order to […]
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The Pound stagnated, following the news that food inflation had hit a 15 year high. Kantar released data on Tuesday morning which showed that UK food inflation climbed to 17.5% […]
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Last week was pretty jam-packed as far as announcements were concerned with the Fed and the BoE both raising interest rates by 25bps. For both central banks, it is still […]
Market Update
This morning we had the UK retail sales data released, which rose for the second consecutive month in February by 1.2%m/m, following a 0.9% rise in January (revised from 0.5%). […]