GBP: Bailey benchmark

GBP/EUR continued to bob along near its highest level in months, although the pound lost some value to the US dollar. The pound has not exactly benefitted from a quiet schedule of macro data this week. Next week brings much more impactful events, but Andrew Bailey’s...


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EUR: Pre-Christmas spree?

EUR/GBP treaded water (albeit at high levels) yesterday, while the euro slid by around 0.5% against a resurgent US dollar. We’ll have to wait until the tail end of this week to get any more seriously juicy eurozone data. This morning will at least give us an insight...


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GBP/EUR clings to gains as US dollar surges

GBP/EUR continued to trade in and around multi-month highs yesterday, although both currencies had a tougher time of it against the US dollar. Sterling ended Tuesday around 0.25% down on the US dollar, while EUR/USD sank by around 0.5%. Markets seem to be making a...


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USD: Dollar gains

It was a positive day for the dollar, with strong gains against all major rivals, including around half a percent against the pound, euro and yen. The dollar index has been gaining steadily over the past week, by around 1%. Will that change as more economic data...


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EUR: Industrial data keeps the markets guessing

The euro lost out to all of its major rivals except for a (very small) gain on sterling yesterday. Today there will be a mass of PMI data out for individual countries and the eurozone as a whole. Spain’s has already come in; a little disappointing, with composite PMI...


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