Big week ahead for Sterling
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- October 30, 2017
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Britain’s housing market and consumer economy kept most of their momentum last month, lending figures from the Bank of England showed today, leaving the central bank on track to raise interest rates for the first time in more than decade on Thursday. Moreover, with inflation at a five-year high of 3.0 percent and unemployment at […]
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Sterling down slightly against Euro
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- October 27, 2017
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The British pound slipped against the dollar today, as investors looked cautiously ahead towards a Bank of England policy meeting next week which could see interest rates rise for the first time in over a decade. The market is priced for a hike after BoE rate-setters next meet on Nov. 2, but continued uncertainty over […]
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Brexit continues to drag Sterling down
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- October 26, 2017
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Sterling climbed to a 9-day high today as strong growth data boosted expectations the Bank of England would raise interest rates next week. Wednesday’s gross domestic product growth for the quarter beat expectations, bolstering the chances of a rate hike after the next BoE meeting on Nov. 2 and fuelling discussions over whether that would […]
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UK 3rd Quarter growth beats estimate
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- October 25, 2017
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Quarterly gross domestic product growth rose to 0.4 percent compared with 0.3 percent growth in the three months to June 2017, the Office for National Statistics said this morning. A poll of economists had pointed to growth of 0.3 percent. The vast services industry was behind the bulk of Britain’s economic expansion in the third […]
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Dollar hits 2 week high
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- October 24, 2017
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The dollar was trading near two-week highs against a basket of the other major currencies on Tuesday as speculation over who will be the next the chairman of the Federal Reserve continued. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was little changed at 93.75. President […]
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Brexit negotiations are main sterling driver
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- October 23, 2017
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Sterling exchange rates have been stuck in limbo due to comments made by EU officials following recent Brexit negotiations- fortunately, Donald Tusk (EU Council President) announced that recent comments made by Michel Barnier about Brexit talks hitting a “Deadlock” were over exaggerated and progression has been made between the UK & EU- Though this progress […]
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Euro drops on stimulus speculation
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- October 16, 2017
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The euro slipped this morning after posting its biggest weekly rise in a month as traders took profits, though markets were wary of chasing the currency lower before a European Central Bank policy meeting next week. With some political uncertainty in the form of an approaching deadline over Catalonia’s bid for independence and Austria’s election […]
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Sterling at a 10 day high
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- October 13, 2017
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Sterling rose today to a 10-day high, boosted by a report in a German newspaper that the European Union could offer Britain a two-year transitional Brexit deal. The pound had tumbled on Thursday after the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told reporters that talks around Britain’s divorce payment had hit an “impasse”. Last week, […]
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Britain’s trade deficit hits a all time high
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- October 10, 2017
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British factories had their strongest two months of 2017 in July and August, suggesting the Bank of England remains on track to raise interest rates soon, but the deficit in trade in goods hit an all-time high. The data showed Britain’s economy remained in a low-growth gear in the third quarter after suffering its slowest […]
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UK Construction hits a 14 month low
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- October 3, 2017
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British construction companies reported the sharpest fall in activity since just after June 2016’s Brexit vote, as new work dried up last month on concern over the economic outlook. The IHS Markit/CIPS construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) sank to 48.1 in September from August’s reading of 51.1, far below all forecasts in a poll of […]
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