by Christopher Nye | Aug 19, 2019
It’s been a choppy start to the day for the euro, with concerns over the Italian political crisis weighing down on the single currency. Matteo Salvini has called for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister, also his coalition partner, but the date was postponed...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 19, 2019
The pound is down against the euro and dollar this morning, after a choppy week last week. This week will be a quiet one for economic releases, although we will see industrial trends on Tuesdays, which are expected to have picked up, albeit still remaining in the...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 19, 2019
It’s a quiet week for economic releases, with the agenda largely expected to be dictated by political events. The pound is down against the euro and dollar, but, with concerns over the Italian political crisis in the euro, there is a lot of uncertainty on the horizon....
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 19, 2019
The pound starts the week two cents higher against the euro than last Monday and a cent higher against the US dollar. In the context of the past four months that’s the classic example of a ‘dead cat bounce’. Good news all the same if you’re...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 16, 2019
The dollar is weak against the pound but strong against the euro today. A surge in US retail sales has allowed the greenback to hold onto its gains and eased concerns about a slowing economy. The report showed that sales rose by 0.7% last month, after a 0.3% growth in...
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