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EUR: euro maintains sterling and dollar gains

The euro maintains strength against sterling and the US dollar, sitting in a much better position against the two compared to this time last week. It is a similar story in eurozone stock markets, as European equity markets rose on Wednesday. The benchmark Stoxx 600...


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GBP: GBP/USD made weekly gains

The pound made weekly gains against a handful of its rivals yesterday, including the Swiss Franc, Australian Dollar and US dollar. Against the greenback, sterling was up nearly 0.8% compared to this time last week. Similarly, equities in London closed...


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Sterling-watchers poised for latest GDP data

Today marks another quiet day for UK and eurozone data releases, while US data dominates. In the meantime, Sterling-watchers eagerly anticipate Britain’s month-over-month GDP which will be released on Friday. On Tuesday, Britain’s Financial Services Minister Andrew...


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Don’t count on stability continuing

There was little movement for sterling in the early part of this week, or indeed this year. The relative stability in the pound-to-euro exchange rate (since the 3% drop after the last interest rate decision almost a month ago), is indicative of currency markets...


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USD: Economic optimism falls

Following small business optimism declining, US economists saw the Economic Optimism Index fall to 42.3 in January 2023, from 42.9 in December and considerably below the 20-year average of 49.6. Despite this data, the US dollar remains relatively unchanged from...


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