by Christopher Nye | Mar 27, 2023
The CBI distributive trades survey’s retail sales balance surged 25 points in February to +2, easily beating market expectations of -13. This morning economists are expecting that number to fall by -18....
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by Christopher Nye | Mar 27, 2023
The pound begins today with fresh weekly gains of around 0.46% against the US dollar after ending last week near its highest levels since last spring. Against the euro, Sterling is weaker compared to last Monday by around -0.52%. The latest report from the UK’s...
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by Charles Purdy | Mar 27, 2023
Firstly, a thank you to all who came along to Your Overseas Home, the international property show we help to organise. It’s good to see so many people determined to buy a property abroad this year. You can catch much of the content, such as webinars about visas and...
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by Charles Purdy | Mar 24, 2023
The US dollar strengthened against most major currencies by between 0.5 and 1% yesterday, but not sufficiently to recover the losses from earlier in the week and it hits Friday some 1.5% adrift of EUR compared to last Friday. It was a quiet day for data, but the...
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by Charles Purdy | Mar 24, 2023
It’s been a positive week for the single currency on the whole, strengthening against most major currencies except for the Norwegian krone, and including a roughly 0.75% rise against sterling overall. However, that was despite dropping across the board yesterday. Next...
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