Pound strong as campaigning begins

The pound remained strong yesterday, and is up this morning as the campaign trail for the upcoming general election begins. As Christine Lagarde takes over as President of the ECB today, a series of poor economic data paints a bleak picture of the European economy....


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It’s a Brexmas election!

Well, this is exciting! In the three and a half years since the Referendum you might have got used to not much happening. Suddenly we have an election coming on 12th December, from which we could go in all sorts of directions. Ironically, the very reason that many...


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EUR: Euro awaits series of data

The euro is weak against the pound this morning, due to sterling’s strength on news of an upcoming election. Yesterday, data revealed that corporate lending in the Eurozone was beginning to slow. Bank lending to companies fell in September, with corporate loan...


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