GBP: Pressure builds on Bank

The Bank of England may not have entirely appreciated the ECB’s interest rate cut, as it served to sharpen scrutiny on its own borrowing rates. For now, Andrew Bailey and co can hide behind the election, but should this week’s slew of key reads point to economic...


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USD: Jobs data takes centre stage

It’s Non-Farm Payrolls this afternoon. With all due respect to the fact that forecasting for these has been dreadful in recent months, NFP is forecast to rise slightly from its six-month low month. The big event next week is the Fed’s interest rate decision on...


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EUR: Attention turns to EU elections

Later this morning we will hear the eurozone’s GDP result for the first three months of 2024 and also hear more from the ECB’s Christine Lagarde. There isn’t a great deal on the data front from the eurozone next week, but the markets will be watching out for the...


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GBP: Markets look toward jobs and GDP data

We are coming into a period of big data, with unemployment and earnings on Tuesday and GDP on Wednesday. Although two weeks away from the Bank of England’s own interest rate decision, the decision from the US Federal Reserve could well have an impact on GBP. GBP/EUR...


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