EUR: ECB meeting at lunchtime today
The euro strengthened yesterday against several currencies ahead of the European Central Bank’s meeting later today.
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GBP: Pound slightly weaker after surprise surge
After a surprise surge on Tuesday afternoon, the pound has weakened slightly against the euro and the dollar. Sterling could be impacted by the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting today.
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Focus on European Central Bank meeting today
All eyes will be on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting, which is due to take place later today. Officials are set to end the ECB’s bond buying programme and pave the way for interest rate hikes…
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USD: Markets look to inflation data on Friday
The main event this week will be the release of US inflation data on Friday. Inflation is predicted to have stayed the same year-on-year in May and core inflation is predicted to have decreased slightly.
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EUR: GDP and employment figures expected today
Later today, GDP growth figures and employment data will be released ahead of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting tomorrow.
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GBP: A boost for sterling despite political uncertainty
The pound experienced a day of volatility yesterday. After weakening in the morning following the vote of confidence in Boris Johnson, it then strengthened against the euro and the dollar in the afternoon.
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Sterling makes surprise recovery
After weakening yesterday morning following the vote of confidence, the pound made a surprise recovery against a handful of currencies in the afternoon. This boost seemingly occurred for no clear reason. Sterling has now plateaued against the euro…
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Pound makes unexpected move higher
The currency markets can be a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, and if you want to know how pointless financial analysts’ predictions are, just check them a week or two later. Hence, in our last…
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