A partial government shutdown in the United States led to some key economic data being cancelled this week. This has now been resolved, but we're still waiting for confirmation of when we'll get the JOLTs job report and…
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Some crucial inflation data should help guide the European Central Bank’s decision on Thursday. If those numbers are anything like those that came out of France yesterday, where headline inflation fell to its lowest since 2020, it seems…
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There was little action in sterling markets yesterday as traders adopted a wait and see posture ahead of tomorrow’s rate decision. Policymakers seem unlikely to cut, but the real movement will come should the outlook for the year…
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The pound recorded a positive day against the euro and the US dollar as recent jitters in global financial markets eased across Tuesday.
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Kevin Warsh is heir apparent to current Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell when his term ends in May. The prospect of a more hawkish chair than markets feared was enough to send investors charging away from an over-valued…
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Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) joined organisations in the UK and the USA in upgrading its initial estimate of German manufacturing output last month. Still, the euro struggled against the US dollar and weakened by about a third of…
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Momentum generated in the second half of January went on pause to start this week. Against a rallying US dollar, sterling could find little momentum as investors remained cautious ahead of Thursday’s Bank of England decision.
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The price of gold and silver fell again on Monday (albeit at a slightly more polite pace), resuming a slide that began last week on the back of policy news from the United States.
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