by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
Non-Farm Payrolls were released on Friday, coming in at 128,000 and beating market expectations of 89,000 by a significant margin. This initially resulted in a boost for the dollar. However, this was short lived as ISM Manufacturing PMI came in short of market...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
Sterling held on to its gains for most of the day on Friday, before weakening slightly in the afternoon. Despite this, sterling is still strong today, benefiting from the decreasing possibility of a no-deal Brexit. Nigel Farage called on Boris Johnson to “build a...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
The House of Commons will choose a new Speaker today in the first election for the post for more than a decade, as John Bercow stepped down last week. On Wednesday, Parliament will be dissolved for 5 weeks of campaigning ahead of the general election on December the...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
I’ll admit that today’s title is meant ironically, but it is fascinating to see the change in the messaging at this election so far. The Conservative Party seems to have learnt its lesson from 2017, where it believed that the Labour Party was so hopeless...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 1, 2019
The dollar is weak today on the back of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut. Whilst they failed to repeat their “act as appropriate” mantra for future cuts, they still left the door open to more cuts next year. President Trump has weighed in on the Fed’s interest...
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