by Christopher Nye | Dec 19, 2025
There were sharp gains for the dollar against the euro and yen yesterday, alongside losses against the pound. Some interesting readings are coming up this afternoon to round off the week, including home sales, which have been running high in recent months, plus the...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 19, 2025
Surprising no-one, the European Central Bank kept its interest rate on hold yesterday, but the single currency weakened anyway. We have more economic data coming out today, after a disappointing consumer confidence reading for Germany, but then it’s all quiet until...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 19, 2025
It was a sea of green on the computer screens for sterling yesterday after the interest rate decision, but this morning’s Retail Sales data again shines a light on a fading economy. There is a little more data coming down the track ahead of Christmas, with a final GDP...
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by Charles Purdy | Dec 19, 2025
Sterling gained yesterday as the scale of resistance to yesterday’s interest rate cut at the Bank of England surprised the markets. With four of the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) resisting the call, and only the governor’s casting vote swinging the...
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by Jonathan Cook | Dec 18, 2025
The US dollar recovered yesterday morning from the slump that followed Tuesday’s bumper jobs data. But that was only half the story. In the afternoon, the US dollar saw its daily gains wiped out amid sustained selling pressure, finishing proceedings without making...
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