GBP: Sterling shrugs off GDP disappointment

The pound remained level overall yesterday, but there is no disguising that it’s been on a negative run, losing between 0.7 and 0.9% in the past week against the Aussie, NZ and Canadian dollars and a little less against EUR and USD. There’s a slight let up in the data...


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Markets poised for ECB decision

In a hectic day for the markets, the pound dropped against the euro, dropped again, and then gradually recovered to end the day precisely where it began. There was a similarly pleasing symmetry to GBP/USD too but behind the graphs there was some fascinating data that...


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USD: Markets await inflation result

The dollar took the opposite direction to the euro, strengthening sharply in the day and then dissipating during the afternoon session. This was despite there being very little data yesterday. That will change today with the inflation result for August. The markets...


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EUR: Strongest against GBP for a month

After something of a wobble midday it ended as a positive day for the single currency. This morning EUR/GBP has been boosted by the UK’s GDP data to its best level for exactly one month. Spanish inflation came in where expected at 2.4% yesterday, but the bigger event...


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