by Christopher Nye | Nov 25, 2019
The pound is strong against the dollar and euro this morning as Boris Johnson promised to “get Brexit done” whilst launching the Conservative Party manifesto. Speaking in Telford, he said, “Get Brexit done and we shall see a pent up tidal wave of...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 25, 2019
The pound is strong this morning as Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated his promise to “get Brexit done” during the launch of the Conservative Party manifesto at the weekend. Poor economic releases from the UK put downward pressure on sterling at the...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 25, 2019
Even Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson admitted at the weekend that a Conservative Party majority was the most likely result in two and a half week’s time. Rare candour in a politician at election time, although there is still time for things to change. So while an...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 22, 2019
The dollar weakened slightly yesterday as US-China trade talks came into focus. Chinese officials have invited US trade negotiators to Beijing for another round of face-to-face talks in Beijing as part of continued efforts to strike a phase one deal. This comes after...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 22, 2019
Euro ended the day down against the pound, with optimism over the result of the upcoming UK election keeping the latter stronger. Eurozone consumer confidence figures came in just above expectations at -7.2 – still firmly in negative territory, but an improvement on...
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