German trade recovers as EU looks for unity

The single currency continued to strengthen against the dollar yesterday, but the improvements amount only to around 1% over the course of the week, muted by doubts over the EU’s fund to help countries worst affected by the pandemic. The ‘Frugal Four’ (Austria, the...


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Pound holds onto gains following mini-Budget

Despite spending £30bn, there were complaints yesterday – and not just from the Opposition – that the mini-Budget is not enough to stimulate the economy into a V-shaped recovery. Nevertheless, sterling strengthened against USD and stayed firm against EUR. There are no...


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Pound warms (slightly) to Sunak stimulus

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being touted as a future Conservative Prime Minister and his £30bn giveaway mini-Budget was certainly a good way to make friends. Among the stimulus measures was: a job retention scheme that pays employers £1,000 for each member of staff they...


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Looks like a good day to contact us…

It’s going to be a big day for sterling today, so if you have a significant trade coming up over the next year, do get in touch with your trader early on 020 8108 5337. Sterling has recovered around 1-1.5% over the past week and a half against the euro and...


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