by Christopher Nye | Mar 12, 2021
European stocks closed yesterday at a one-year high after the European Central Bank held its monetary policy meeting. In an attempt to tackle the recent rise in bond yields, the ECB promised to accelerate the €1.85 trillion pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP)...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 12, 2021
The pound remains strong against the euro and but has weakened slightly against the dollar after a mixed bag of economic data releases this morning. Balance of trade figures show that in January, UK exports to the EU fell by 40.7% and imports fell by 28.8%. It has...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 12, 2021
The pound continues to strengthen against the euro but has weakened slightly against the dollar this morning. In its monetary policy meeting yesterday, the European Central Bank announced an acceleration of the emergency stimulus package, as well as projections for...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 11, 2021
The dollar is slightly weaker against a basket of currencies this morning after data showed that core consumer prices rose by just 0.1% month-on-month in February, unchanged from January. 10-year treasury yields are also far lower than they were this time last week,...
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 11, 2021
All eyes are on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting today followed by a press conference, which will take place at 1:30pm. The euro has strengthened against the dollar slightly this morning. The ECB is expected to focus on the recent rise in bond...
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