USD: Dollar weakens after Fed action

New measures announced by the Federal Reserve to mitigate the impact of coronavirus have eased dollar demand, causing the greenback to weaken slightly against a range of currencies, including the pound and euro. After days of negotiations, US Senate leaders have...


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Pound up against euro after choppy day

The pound is up this morning against the euro and dollar, after stricter measures were imposed in the UK and the latest figures from China and Italy appear to point to a downward trend in cases. European services fell at the fastest rate since records began last...


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Markets bounce back

There have been undoubted signs that parts of the business world are working well with the coronavirus restrictions. Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic bounced back (the US at the fastest rate since 1933) and in Germany the DAX was up nearly 11% yesterday. At...


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