by Julian Benson | Aug 4, 2025
The start of this week is set to be dominated by the aftershocks of the US’s dramatic Friday. Just as they calm down, we’ll roll right into the Bank of England’s next interest rate decision. Meaning this week will be anything but uneventful. On Friday, President...
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by Julian Benson | Aug 4, 2025
The dollar had been making steady gains through last week, but Friday brought the news that the US job market had been underperforming significantly for months. The impact of Trump’s decision to fire the head of statistics at the Bureau of Labor will likely continue...
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by Julian Benson | Aug 4, 2025
The euro has been 2025’s strongest performer, making significant gains on the dollar, but last week saw it stumble. Much-delayed US trade tariffs shocked the global markets and the euro seems to have lost pace, dropping more than 2.5% against the dollar at one point...
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by Julian Benson | Aug 4, 2025
The pound saw significant gains on the euro and major losses to the dollar through last week, but by Friday those shifts levelled out to only a 0.2% rise on EUR and 1% drop against USD. This week brings the much-anticipated Bank of England interest rate decision....
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by Julian Benson | Aug 4, 2025
After a week of clawing ground back from the pound and euro, the dollar’s gains were lost on Friday when new jobs data revealed a massive slowdown in US job growth and President Trump’s revised tariffs were revealed. Looking to this time last Monday, the dollar is up...
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