by Christopher Nye | Aug 28, 2019
The pound is down this morning amid uncertainty around Brexit. David Frost will meet officials in Brussels today to discuss solutions to the Irish border issue, after the G7 summit seemed to promise more willingness from France and Germany to make changes. Ireland’s...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 27, 2019
The dollar is weak this morning amid continued US-China trade tensions. Despite escalations last week and over the weekend, President Trump said at the G7 summit that Chinese officials had offered to return to the negotiating table. Despite this, there is still much...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 27, 2019
It’s a muted start to the day for the euro, after figures this morning showed that Germany’s economy declined 0.1% last quarter. Business confidence also declined, marking the eighth month below the crucial 100 mark. More positively, French business confidence and...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 27, 2019
The pound is stronger against the euro and the dollar this morning, as rhetoric surrounding Brexit continues. At the end of the G7 summit in France, Boris Johnson said it was “the job of everybody in Parliament” to deliver Brexit, however also stated that the chances...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 27, 2019
Optimism seems cautiously renewed after the G7 summit that the chance of a Brexit deal, while slim, might be a little more probable than previously thought, but there remains much work to be done. Meanwhile, no-deal may be less likely, with opposition leaders meeting...
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