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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by Christopher Nye | Aug 23, 2019
The dollar is looking strong against the pound and the euro this morning, as markets await Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole later. He is expected to provide some forward guidance on US interest rate policy. So far, rhetoric has been very mixed amongst other Fed...
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