by Christopher Nye | Apr 6, 2023
At lunchtime today, markets will see the latest initial jobless claims for the US. In the previous data, the number of Americans who filed for unemployment rose by 7,000 to 198,000. This was above forecasts of 196,000. Today, that number is expected to rise again For...
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by Christopher Nye | Apr 6, 2023
The S&P global Italy construction PMI has just edged down to 47.40 in March from 48.90 in February. This points to a fourth consecutive month of contractions.
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by Christopher Nye | Apr 6, 2023
The pound enters today stronger than the euro on a daily, weekly, monthly footing. Sterling I’d also in a similar position against the greenback, with weekly and monthly gains of around 1.08% and 3.57% respectively. Next week is a fairly quiet week on the days front...
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by Christopher Nye | Apr 6, 2023
It has been an interesting week on the data front across the board, and a choppy week for the pound against some of its rival currencies. Sterling enters the day with weekly gains of approximately 0.45% and 1.02% against the euro and US dollar respectively. On...
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by Charles Purdy | Apr 5, 2023
Sterling has bounded into April with some enthusiasm, hitting its strongest since last June against the US dollar and over 13 months against the Australian dollar. The advance against the euro was rapidly pulled back but GBP/EUR is still close to 1% better than this...
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