Sterling stronger ahead of Bailey speech later

The pound is strong against the euro and the dollar this morning, ahead of another speech by Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey later today. His speech last week, which dismissed negative interest rates, boosted the pound. Any further information regarding...


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Sterling reaches new highs

Sterling continues to be resilient against major currencies, maintaining its strength against the euro yesterday and boosted early this morning with positive data (in the currency market’s view anyway) on inflation. UK prices rose ahead of expectations to 0.6%...


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USD: Biden prepares to spend

Across the week, the dollar benefitted from “safe haven status” against the euro and sterling. However, that came to a halt overnight and the dollar starts the day nearly half a cent down against both the euro and sterling. It’s all change at the top of US government...


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GBP: Pound boosted by good news

Sterling reacted to “blue Monday”, supposedly the most miserable day of the year, by slumping in early trading against both EUR and USD, before recovering its losses by the end of the day. It remains around 2% stronger against the euro than this time last month, as...


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