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Pound trades lower mid-week
Sterling Focus on ITV election debate The Pound has been trading slightly lower mid-week but nevertheless it is still trading towards [...]
Quiet Day for Sterling
Sterling Trades in Narrow Range The pound traded within a narrow range against its two main counterparts, the US dollar and [...]
Pound gains on voting polls
A lack of data from the UK this week will allow the exchange rates to be dominated by Brexit and opinion [...]
GBP/USD hits 1.29
U.S retail sales rebound, but big-ticket purchases drop U.S retail sales have rebounded last month, but consumers cut back on purchasing [...]
Sterling Unchanged After CPI Data
Slow Day for Sterling It was a fairly uneventful day for sterling crosses, despite CPI data from both the UK and [...]
Pound strengthens on UK data
The pound saw more positive gains today hitting highs not seen since May this year. GBP/EUR picked at €1.1673 and the [...]
Pound surges against EUR and USD
Brexit Party stands down in Conservative seats The UK economy managed to dodge recession today, but the annual growth is the [...]
Pound Unchanged After BoE Quarterly Inflation Report
GBP/EUR Remains in Low 1.16's It was a fairly choppy day for the pound on Thursday as the UK currency initially [...]
Lack of data keeps markets flat
There was a lack of data released across the board today and on the back of that, the currency exchange markets [...]
Bercows replacement
Order! Today we heard MP’s making their pitch to success John Bercow as Speaker of the house of Commons in the [...]
Brexit Update 22/10
Johnson’s deal debated in parliament; markets unmoved. After speaker Bercow ruled out another vote on the PM’s Brexit bill yesterday, today [...]
Brexit update- 21/10/2019
John Brecow rules against government trying to get another vote on Brexit deal Britain’s parliamentary speaker John Bercow has told the [...]
Deal agreed, all eyes now on Saturday
News broke yesterday of Boris Johnson and the EU finally agreeing a deal for the UK to leave the EU. Finally. [...]
Pound swings on Brexit rumours
Another volatile day on the currency markets yesterday with the Pound seeing movement of over 1 cent against the Euro, to [...]
Brexit update- 15/10/2019
Sterling jumps on draft Brexit deal rumours. The Pound has jumped against the Dollar and Euro this afternoon after reports that [...]
The week ahead
Crunch time for Brexit talks. As always on a Monday we look at what may move the markets and affect how [...]
The never ending story
Pathway to a Brexit deal Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar said they could see a pathway to a possible [...]
Brexit update
Down and out? As all hopes seem to fade on a breakthrough Brexit deal, the UK’s Prime minister Boris Johnson has [...]
Stop playing stupid Brexit blame games
The Eu have accused Britain of playing a “stupid blame Game” over Brexit today after Downing Streets sources said a deal was [...]
The week ahead
It was a relatively quiet week on the currency markets last week. With no real news coming from Brexit talks and [...]
UK Services PMI
UK Flirting with recession The UK economy appears to be slipping ever closer to a recession as firms brace themselves for [...]