Pound stronger ahead of busy week for data

The pound is stronger against the dollar today mainly due to weakness from the greenback, which has come about because of falling treasury yields. Against the euro, sterling strengthened to a 10-day high this morning before weakening again. This comes ahead of a busy...


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USD: Retail sales surge and unemployment falls

The dollar was relatively unaffected by a host of positive data releases yesterday and continues to balance this ‘bullish’ data with falling treasury yields. It seems that the US economy is on the road to recovery, as initial jobless claims figures were the lowest...


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BoE data suggests bottoming out for sterling

The pound has weakened further against the euro and the dollar this morning. After the resignation of Andy Haldane as the Bank of England’s Chief Economist caused sterling to weaken, economists do not think this will affect sterling in the coming months. Inflation...


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