by Julian Benson | May 20, 2025
The pound grew by 0.5% against the dollar on Monday, in part because of its newly signed trade deal with the EU, but also the US’s credit rating downgrade. While sterling is currently on the up, tomorrow’s inflation rate data is currently predicted to see a...
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by Julian Benson | May 20, 2025
Monday saw the UK seal its third major trade agreement in a fortnight, this time tightening its relationship with the EU. The news saw the pound rise nearly 0.5% against the dollar and level growth with the euro, suggesting markets approve of the news. While the trade...
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by Jonathan Cook | May 19, 2025
Based on last week’s late glut of data, as well as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments, the threat of inflation is very real in the US economy. That helped explain the US dollar’s strong Friday performance, but markets are forced to carry on their...
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by Jonathan Cook | May 19, 2025
You wouldn’t have thought it possible during the height of the fractious Brexit negotiations, but strange forces have coalesced to push the UK and eurozone back together. This week’s negotiations could have sizeable implications for currencies, too, and the euro will...
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by Jonathan Cook | May 19, 2025
With April heralding the start of the new financial year, economists expect a big round of price rises to send the UK’s headline inflation rate north of 3%. A miss on that read would set markets scrambling to adjust their interest rate expectations, never a good omen...
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