USD: Dollar almost at month low against pound

The dollar has reached almost a month’s low against sterling this morning, with investors wary over intensifying conflict with China. Trump announced at the end of last week that he is ending the relationship with the WHO, which he considers to be biased towards...


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Take a tip from the top

The pound starts the summer very close to where it was against the euro on 1st June 2019, 2018 and 2017, and a long way short of where it was on 1st June 2016. After Brexit was “done” at the start of the year some of us may have hoped and expected that we...


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USD: GDP shrinks faster than estimated

The dollar fell against the pound yesterday after GDP figures came out. The American economy shrank faster than forecasts had predicted, at 5% in the first quarter of the year, marking the biggest quarterly decline in the last decade. With some economists believing...


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GBP: Fears Brexit talks have stalled

Concerns over the uncertainty from Brexit talks continue, with the EU’s trade commissioner Phil Hogan saying that the UK might have ‘come to the conclusion that there’s not going to be a deal’. Next week sees the next round of talks, which will be crucial as the...


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