by Jonathan Cook | Jan 22, 2024
It was a week of ups and downs for sterling last time out, with economic data the key driver of the moves. Is inflation back for good or would November’s increase prove to be small potatoes? For many, the answer was the latter, although its hard to be sure when risks...
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by Jonathan Cook | Jan 19, 2024
The euro bounced around but ended yesterday little changed against its main rivals. ECB president Christine Lagarde has warned markets to call their jets on interest rate expectations. An overexuberance in markets could lead to a return of inflationary forces, she...
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by Jonathan Cook | Jan 19, 2024
Sterling dipped against the euro and the US dollar in early morning trading, having made small gains in yesterday’s session. The big news this week was that UK inflation increased to 4% in November, up from October’s 3.9%. Despite this, markets have been stable and...
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by Jonathan Cook | Jan 19, 2024
The US dollar lost 0.15% against the pound while trading blows with the euro on Thursday. The US economy seems immune to the medicine it is being fed by the Federal Reserve. Increased lending costs were supposed to result in lower economic output, but yesterday’s...
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by Jonathan Cook | Jan 19, 2024
Thursday was a strange old day for currency markets, as each of the pound, the euro and the US dollar benefitted from their own set of tailwinds. A clearer trend emerged this morning, as sterling fell by 0.3% and 0.2% against the US dollar and the euro respectively....
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