The awaited UK autumn budget finally announced
The awaited UK autumn budget was finally announced yesterday. What a couple of weeks back looked to potentially become an eventful day for markets – in the end was treated […]
Mortgage approvals predicted for a slight down trend in October
Walking into the Tuesday session, we start off with UK mortgage data in the morning. Expectations looks like mortgage approvals are on a slight down trend in October if we […]
Sterling has managed to keep above 1.20 against the Euro
Sterling has managed to keep above 1.20 against the Euro but unfortunately slipped below the 1.30 handle against the Dollar. Following a relatively quiet week we saw pretty sideways price […]
Bank of Canada cuts Interest Rates as expected
The Bank of Canada cut their Interest Rates as expected by 50-basis points to bring the bank rate below 4% in what their fourth consecutive cut as the central bank […]
Euro-USD rate dips below 1.08
This morning we’ve seen the Euro-USD rate dip below 1.08 adding to the sustained pressure the Euro has been under. With the Euro economy struggling and inflation continuing to hold […]
Public net borrowing sweeps past official forecasts
Ahead of the UK autumn budget that will be released in the end of this month – we saw public net borrowing sweep past official forecasts. Borrowing rose to 16.6billion […]
ECB lowered their borrowing costs by 25 basis points
ECB lowered their borrowing costs by 25 basis points to a base rate of 3.75% yesterday – which didn’t come as a surprise and markets were unchanged at the announcement. […]
Bigger than expected UK inflation drop
The pound tumbled after softer-than-expected UK inflation data emboldened investors to bet on more aggressive interest-rate cuts from the Bank of England. Sterling slid 0.6% to $1.2990, its lowest level […]
UK Unemployment Rate Improves
This morning we saw a slight improvement for UK unemployment in the last three months leading up to August. ONS (Office for National Statistics) did forecast a level of 4.1% […]
This week we have a few data releases of note
plenty of news out of the Bank of England and the Fed which will dictate decisions in November, and a lot of economic news to sink our teeth into- overall […]