USD: Retail sales rebounded in January

The dollar has eased slightly after rising treasury yields strengthened it earlier in the week. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes from their latest monetary policy meeting. As expected, there were no surprises and officials see the economy as “far...


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GBP: Vaccine progress supports pound

The pound hit a 10-month high against the euro yesterday and is still trading around those levels this morning, as the UK’s vaccination programme is still providing hope about the speed of the UK’s economic recovery. Despite this, sterling weakened slightly against...


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Sterling reaches 10-month high against euro

The pound is strong against the euro this morning after reaching a 10-month high yesterday. The pace of the vaccine programme in the UK is boosting sterling, whilst the slower vaccine progress in Europe is weighing on the single currency. A study has revealed that...


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Sterling hits new 11-month high

Sterling finally breached the €1.15 level this morning, following a strong set of data releases on inflation (the CPI advanced to 0.7% year on year, ahead of expectations). GBP/EUR is still some way off the level it reached surrounding the 2019 election, but looking...


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