by Christopher Nye | Dec 30, 2022
In the absence of any serious data releases or political events this week, sterling, largely on the backfoot since the interest rate decisions in mid-December, has been left to swing in the wind. The Christmas period saw some rapid rises and falls against both the...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 29, 2022
Today market participants will see if the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits has risen in line with market forecasts of 260,000, in the latest initial jobless claims data. The previous release revealed that the number of claims rose by...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 29, 2022
We’ve just seen Spain’s latest year-on-year Retail Sales data. The National Statistics Institute reported that Spain’s sales decreased 0.60% in November of 2022 in comparison to the same month in the previous year. This was higher than market expectations of a -5.7%...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 29, 2022
Sterling is still weaker than both the euro and the dollar compared to this time last week. The single currency has not yet made a recovery against the two rival currencies following the BoE’s December interest rate decision. A lack of key UK data releases over...
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by Christopher Nye | Dec 29, 2022
Britain’s next key data release won’t be until the 3rd of January, when market watchers can expect S&P’s PMI data. This is one release that will be watched closely as the Purchasing Managers’ Index measures the performance of the UK’s manufacturing sector. A...
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