by Christopher Nye | Sep 27, 2018
There were no releases from the eurozone yesterday, which was perhaps just as well given how scene-stealing Brexit and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision was. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the euro weakened a little against sterling and the dollar, but the moves...
read more
by Christopher Nye | Sep 27, 2018
The big release of the day was always going to be the Fed’s interest rate decision, which was more or less certainly going to be in favour of increasing rates to 2.25%. While that much was known, the real talking points were likely to focus on any indications of...
read more
by Christopher Nye | Sep 24, 2018
Just when it looked as if there was some light at the end of what has proved to be a very long tunnel, along come all the EU leaders, Tory sceptics, members of opposition parties and some Tory remainers to say that the Chequers plan put forward by the government is...
read more
by Christopher Nye | Sep 24, 2018
The pound suffered its worst day against the dollar this year on Friday, following renewed concerns over the prospect of a no-deal Brexit. The Chequers plan put forward by the government was deemed unworkable by EU leaders at a summit in Salzburg, Austria, which...
read more
by Christopher Nye | Sep 24, 2018
As attention was firmly trained on the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, Germany and the eurozone posted a raft of purchasing managers’ indices which slipped under the radar a little. If we look closely at the readings, we can see they were a bit of a mixed bag, with some...
read more
