by Christopher Nye | Jan 19, 2026
Early signs are that the dollar is sinking against most global and European currencies this morning. The normal pattern in times of economic or actual strife would be investors flocking to safe havens such as USD, but these are not normal times. (The gold price has...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 19, 2026
It’s still hard to gauge the effect on the euro of the news over the weekend, but the dials certainly seem to be twitching. Also today, we’ll get eurozone inflation shortly, and the ZEW Economic Sentiment Index tomorrow. It will also be interesting to hear ECB...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 19, 2026
Early trading suggests sterling exchange rates are particularly vulnerable to the effects of President Trump’s threatened new round of tariffs. This was already a pivotal week for the pound, with a host of high-level data starting with unemployment and earnings early...
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by Charles Purdy | Jan 19, 2026
The gloves appear to be off in the latest threat to global peace and security – that’s his words – as on Saturday President Trump ramped up the pressure on Denmark, Europe and NATO to come to a deal for the peaceful handover of Greenland to the USA. He announced...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 16, 2026
The US dollar was looking strong yesterday against all but the resurgent Australia dollar. The US dollar was supported by comments from US interest rate setter Raphael Bostic who indicated that he would be against an interest rate cut in the near future. USD/GBP past...
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