USD: Will Trump trades unwind?

The seemingly invulnerable US dollar is starting to crack. It remains strong against its key rivals, yet a broad unwinding of bets on the United States economic resilience is a worry. Attention will now be heightened on economic data to gauge how justified those fears...


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EUR: Pushing back

The euro managed to push back against the US dollar despite ceding more ground to the pound yesterday. Over the course of Tuesday, EUR/USD climbed by half a cent, fuelled by US dollar weakness and a reassessment of Trump’s policies. GBP/EUR: the past year 1 Min 5 Min...


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GBP: Not counting its chickens yet

A buoyant pound enjoyed a morale-boosting day of gains against the euro and the US dollar yesterday. The UK’s economic fundamentals are still shaky, however. Tomorrow’s GDP data could bring more evidence of this, and therefore renewed sterling weakness. GBP/USD: the...


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Sterling rallies as markets turn on Trump

The skies brightened for the pound on Tuesday as market confidence in Donald Trump’s economic policies showed signs of weakening. In what has otherwise been a bleak February, sterling improved by the best part of a cent against the US dollar and GBP/EUR shaded into...


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GBP: Weak words and lost value

Sterling came out as the loser on Monday, down more than 0.45% on the dollar and 0.4% on the euro. Yesterday, the UK government refused to speculate on how it world respond to tariffs, providing little confidence to the markets. GBP/USD past year 1 Min 5 Min 1 Hr 1...


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