by Christopher Nye | Nov 5, 2019
The pound slipped slightly against the euro and the dollar yesterday as the markets considered the uncertainties surrounding the upcoming general election. The dollar is stronger due to positive US-China trade rhetoric and awaits a series of important data releases...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
The euro has weakened this morning ahead of the first official speech from the new President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde. Her speech comes during a time of divisions between ECB policy makers over the eurozone’s approach to slowing economic growth. After...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
Non-Farm Payrolls were released on Friday, coming in at 128,000 and beating market expectations of 89,000 by a significant margin. This initially resulted in a boost for the dollar. However, this was short lived as ISM Manufacturing PMI came in short of market...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
Sterling held on to its gains for most of the day on Friday, before weakening slightly in the afternoon. Despite this, sterling is still strong today, benefiting from the decreasing possibility of a no-deal Brexit. Nigel Farage called on Boris Johnson to “build a...
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by Christopher Nye | Nov 4, 2019
The House of Commons will choose a new Speaker today in the first election for the post for more than a decade, as John Bercow stepped down last week. On Wednesday, Parliament will be dissolved for 5 weeks of campaigning ahead of the general election on December the...
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