After a strong month overall for the euro, the economic readings continue to come thick and fast in the eurozone with implications for exchange rates. We’ve just had inflation readings from France, showing prices rising by just 0.9%…
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After a desultory sort of month with barely a 1.5% swing against the euro and even less against the dollar for the past fortnight, next week appears to hold little excitement, at least on the data front. It’s…
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After a week of slow but sure growth against the euro, sterling dropped a third of a cent yesterday, leaving GBP/EUR essentially unchanged over the month. Better news against the US dollar yesterday and GBP/USD reaches the end…
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Because of recent tariff upheaval, economists predict GDP growth will come in at around 3% at the second estimate this afternoon. This will be good for the US dollar, but it does feel like investors have their heads…
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Germany’s GfK consumer sentiment survey fell to its lowest since April as we move into autumn. Economic expectations fell notably, and taken together with the recent crisis in French politics, the euro faces a little pressure as we…
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Sterling held firm yesterday even as soaring borrowing costs eat into the UK’s capacity for a fiscal injection. It feels like we’ve been talking about British economic pain for a while, but the pound has posted a solid…
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The US dollar put in another surprisingly strong performance on Wednesday, strengthening by around half a cent against both the pound and the euro before the pound led a fightback. In the European arena, sterling reached its highest…
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In another sign that the market is becoming increasingly unpredictable, the dollar, pound and euro ended yesterday almost exactly where they started the day. This was despite US President Donald Trump making the unprecedented move of trying to…
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