Time to be proactive on currency?

Sterling’s gentle decline against the euro and US dollar, which began on 1st August, has continued into a second week for the euro, while levelling out against the dollar. Over the course of the month and year, however, while sterling is well down on the dollar it is...


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USD: Dollar’s jobs data gains reversed

The US dollar lost across the board yesterday as the markets got used to the dramatically better-than-expected non-farm payrolls data from Friday and reversed the 1% gain it had made against sterling and the euro. Yesterday’s data showed consumer expectations a little...


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EUR: Euro loses to commodity-backed currencies

A mixed day yesterday saw the single currency recover slightly against the dollar, remain stable against the pound, but fall against the various non-US dollars and Scandinavian currencies, just as sterling did. This morning there is a small boost against sterling,...


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