by Christopher Nye | Aug 14, 2019
Following the drama of Boris Johnson taking over as Prime Minister and appointing the arch-Brexiteer Dominic Cummings to plan the UK’s exit, it’s all gone a bit quiet in the news. Most politicians are away, as are their EU counterparts, and what are left in the UK are...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 13, 2019
The dollar is strong this morning, despite ongoing trade tensions between the US and China. The focus today, however, will be on US inflation data, which is due to be released this afternoon. It will be interesting to see if prices have risen due to tariff increases....
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 13, 2019
Euro is up against the pound this morning, following German inflation figures, which came in at 1.7%, with a 0.1% rise year on year. Nonetheless, it’s not all positive, with German wholesale prices, which had been expected to show growth, contracting year-on-year. At...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 13, 2019
The pound is looking weak against the dollar and choppy against the euro this morning. Sterling made some gains against the euro yesterday and earlier today, benefitting from the political tensions in Italy. However, Brexit uncertainty ensured that any strength was...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 13, 2019
The pound has made some recovery from the lows of last week, but is still looking weak this morning while the markets await a number of important economic figures today. We will see unemployment data and productivity stats for the UK, as well as economic sentiment...
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