UK Construction figures better than expected
Sterling and Britain’s blue chip stock index rose to a day’s high this morning after a survey showed the downturn in the construction sector was easing, boosting expectations that the […]
Sterling slips against Dollar
Sterling slipped back towards $1.30 on Tuesday on divergent expectations for monetary policy, with investors increasingly betting U.S. interest rates could rise by year-end while British rates may be cut […]
Sterling nears 3 week high
Sterling traded close to a three-week high against the dollar today and was on track for its best week in six, with worries over the economic impact of Britain’s vote […]
Sterling up this morning
Sterling inched up on today after registering its strongest week in five against the dollar, as a run of robust economic data suggested Britain’s economy was faring better than expected […]
Sterling hits further lows
Sterling hovered near a one-month low this morning on expectations that poor economic data will lead the Bank of England to ease monetary policy again in the coming months to […]
Pound slips on the back of weak UK manufacturing data
British industrial output grew at the fastest rate since 1999 in the second quarter of this year, with “very few” respondents reporting an impact from uncertainty around June 23’s vote […]
Sterling weakens further against the dollar
Sterling traded near its weakest in three weeks against the dollar this morning, hurt by widening rate differentials between the United States and the UK after robust jobs numbers strengthened […]
Sterling could drop further this Thursday
The monthly survey of purchasing managers in the construction sector inched down to the lowest reading since June 2009, well into contraction territory. However, the result was better than all […]
Sterling looses ground after Martin Weale comments
Sterling hit a two-week low on Tuesday after a Bank of England policymaker suggested a batch of weak UK data had convinced him monetary policy should be eased immediately, having […]
Sterling slightly up this morning
Sterling inched up today, recovering some of the ground it lost late last week from surveys suggesting Britain was heading towards recession and boosting expectations the Bank of England will […]