by Christopher Nye | Jan 31, 2023
Tomorrow the big data release to watch will be the latest United States job openings. In the previous data, the number of job openings in America decreased slightly by 54,000 to 10.5m in November last year, compared with market expectations of 10m. This pointed to a...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 31, 2023
On Monday, markets saw the latest GDP data for Germany which revealed that the country’s gross domestic product shrank by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in Q3 of 2022. This followed an upwardly revised 0.5% expansion in the previous period. This would have been a key release...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 31, 2023
Despite nervousness, sterling remains close to a six-week high against the dollar (hit on January 23rd), in the run up to the Bank of England’s policy announcement this week. Yesterday, the pound also remained close to its 7-month high against the dollar. Most...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 31, 2023
The pound showed some signs of nervousness yesterday, with an overall choppy day against both the euro and US dollar. This comes ahead of the BoE’s looming interest rate decision on Thursday. We will get a better picture of the UK housing market today with the latest...
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by Charles Purdy | Jan 30, 2023
The pound kicks off the last week of a long January little changed since last Monday. The same problems that made January such a drag will continue into February, with a new set of strikes (train drivers and teachers) and double-digit inflation giving an impression of...
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