Market Update
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- March 10, 2020
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Oil prices fell by around 30% over the weekend, due to the ongoing disagreement between Russia and Saudi Arabia over the production of oil as lower prices have begun to affect orders. The talks ended with Saudi Arabia threatening to lower their prices by $6 to wipe out their competitors during tough times that the […]
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Market Update
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- March 4, 2020
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Sterling has dipped against the U.S. Dollar and Euro, as an unexpected rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve fuelled expectations the Bank of England could follow suit to protect the economy from the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. Some analysts are expecting we could see an emergency cut for the BoE this week. The […]
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Pound Plummets
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- February 27, 2020
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GBP The Pound fell due to renewed speculation of a delay of the March budget which comes in addition to mounting coronavirus concerns and is further encouraging markets to price in a Bank of England rate cut in the coming months. The government could now put off plans to increase its spending due to uncertainty […]
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Trade Deal Talks Begin
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- February 25, 2020
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EU ministers will meet today to discuss how to open to trade deal negotiations, which will start on March 02. They are expecting the mandate to be based on EU rules. The mandate will dictate how many EU rules that the UK will stick to secure a free trade deal. The main rules the Eu […]
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Market Update
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- February 24, 2020
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Sterling rebounded towards the end of last week due to better than expected Retail Sales in January. The main factor behind the increase was the horrendous weather in the UK most likely prompting consumers to panic buy essentials. Moving forward this could contribute to an improvement in UK Inflation figures which is a key focus […]
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Market Update
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- February 21, 2020
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Pound Sterling has dropped to a three month low against the Greenback on Thursday as the U.S. currency’s has out performed undoing the recent pound gains that were driven by the appointment of a new British finance minister Rishi Sunak. Since the high of 1.3070 after the appointment of Sunak the pound has now lost […]
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Market Update
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- February 20, 2020
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The Pound has retraced against the Euro proving that the rate is uncomfortable above 1.20 against the Euro and 1.30 against the USD. Due to ongoing concerns that the EU and the UK are moving further apart within the trade talks. Many analysts have mentioned that we cannot rule out a no-deal Brexit by the […]
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Market Update
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- February 19, 2020
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This morning’s main data release is UK CPI inflation for January. The previous month saw an unexpected fall to 1.3%, the lowest for three years, which had fuelled expectations of a near-term BoE rate cut. The predictions are a rebound to at least 1.6% last month, thanks to energy prices as a result of: (i) […]
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Market Update
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- February 18, 2020
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The number of people in work in Britain rose in the last three months of 2019, according to data which underscored how the labour market defied a slowing of the broader economy ahead of December’s election. The number of people in work jumped by 180,000 to 32.934 million, at the top end of forecasts in […]
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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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