EUR: Industry and euro fall

A minor industrial output survey was the highlight of a quiet day for the euro, which saw early gains against the pound slip away into a third-cent loss. In that survey, manufacturing output fell by 1.2% in August, better than the predicted 2.2% decline but a sharp...


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GBP: G7 inflation leader

The IMF expects the UK to face the highest rate of inflation of all G7 nations in both 2025 and 2026. Combined with the recent warning that inflation could become entrenched, next week’s inflation report – where the headline rate is predicted to reach 4% – looks...


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Monetary mood turn hits your exchange rate

Monetary mood turn hits your exchange rate

The pound weakened yesterday after the UK’s unemployment rate hit its worst since the pandemic and pay rises eased. Sterling’s losses were fairly modest at half a cent or so against the euro, and not across the board, but they did wipe out all the gains that GBP/EUR...


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