Market Update
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- March 23, 2020
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The spread of the coronavirus and the extreme measures taken to control the pandemic have wrought havoc in financial markets worldwide. In currency markets, the reaction has been a headlong flight into the supposed safety of the US dollar. Every major currency worldwide fell sharply against the greenback, even the Japanese Yen. The worst punishment was meted […]
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Pound Soars After Cabinet Reshuffle
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- February 14, 2020
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British Prime Minister forced the resignation of Sajid Javid as finance minister on Thursday after Javid refused to sack his advisers and replace them with officials from Johnson’s Downing Street office. The currency climbed to as high as GBP/USD 1.3069, up from around 1.2988 before the news was released. Also, against the Euro the pound […]
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Sterling Predictions
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- July 5, 2019
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Sterling would rally substantially if Britain leaves the European Union with a deal but weaken further if no we leave without. After suffering its biggest loss against the euro in two years in May – and also losing ground against the dollar – the pound coasted through June as markets awaited the outcome of a […]
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UK Manufacturing Boosts Economy
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- May 10, 2019
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Britain’s economy got a sharp one-off boost in the first three months of 2019, official figures showed this morning, as manufacturers rushed to deliver orders before a Brexit that never came. Gross domestic product grew at a quarterly rate of 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2019, in line with the reading expected by […]
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UK pay growth lags behind Inflation
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- October 18, 2017
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Sterling got only a temporary boost from data showing British wage growth edged above forecasts this morning, rising briefly against the dollar before dropping off again. British pay growth has lagged behind inflation again, official data showed, but the figures are likely to cement expectations among investors that the Bank of England will soon raise […]
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Sterling hits 15 month high vs US Dollar
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- September 18, 2017
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Sterling hit a 15-month high against the dollar today before retreating a notch as investors wound back some of last week’s bets on a Bank of England rate rise ahead of a speech by the central bank’s governor Mark Carney. The pound rocketed past $1.36 to its strongest since the Brexit vote on Friday after […]
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Pound Surges
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- April 19, 2017
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The pound has advanced to fresh multi-week highs against the Euro and US Dollar as the currency market reacted to a surprising announcement from UK Prime Minister Theresa May. After May revealed her intention to hold a general election on June 8th, GBP/EUR jumped to 1.1890 and GBPUSD jumped to 1.27. Despite previously asserting that […]
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