Michel Barnier ousted as Prime Minister as he loses no-confidence vote
Last night we eventually saw Michel Barnier ousted as Prime Minister as he lost the no-confidence vote after his attempt to push through his social security policy came up against […]
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cuts interest rates by 50 basis points
Overnight The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut their interest rates by 50 basis points, bringing their rates down to 4.25%. Surprisingly the New Zealand Dollar rose by almost 1% […]
Focus is on the US with several Economic Data releases
Tuesday starts off with a speech from ECB (European Central Bank) member Elizabeth Mccaul at 10am. Could we hear something that will indicate a more detail plan for ECB moving […]
Sterling weaker after bad Retail Sales
Last week ended on a weaker note for Sterling following weak PMI data and weak retail sales numbers, this led to lower exchange rates against both the Euro and the […]
BoE officials dial down interest rate cuts
The message sent from Bank of England officials recently of dialling down its monetary policy (interest rate cuts) could well have been confirmed this morning. We saw UK inflation rise […]
Sterling finishes the week lower across the board
On Friday UK GDP numbers showed that growth in the UK had slowed down to just 0.1% by September, which has had an instant negative impact on Sterling exchange rates. […]
Sterling Higher After Volatile Week
Last week was probably the biggest week of the year on financial markets with Trump winning the US Presidential Election, the Bank of England cutting rates by 25 bps and […]
Intense Week Of Both Political And Economic Factors Causing Volatility To Markets
After an intense week of both political and economic factors causing volatility to markets. First seeing the results on Wednesday of the US election – being a driver to rally […]
Pound continues its gains against The Euro
The Pound has continued its gains against The Euro as news this morning states that The German Government has collapsed. In recent months, the coalition government between The Social Democrats […]
Pound Sterling falls sharply in the early hours of this morning
Pound Sterling fell sharply in the early hours of this morning by 1.4% against The USD before recovering slightly as it is now a matter of a couple of hours […]