The euro hit a four-month high against sterling yesterday, with worries over the spread of coronavirus impacting the latter, as well as ongoing fears over the difficulties of the EU-UK trade talks that began yesterday. The pound has…
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It’s rare that a honeymoon ends before a wedding has even happened. But for this 2.5-month-old Conservative government, even the news that Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds are expecting and getting married couldn’t save it from a weekend…
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The dollar finished last week on a stronger note against the pound and euro, as it once again benefitted from its safe-haven status due to coronavirus worries. However, it is weaker against the euro this morning. The Dow…
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Euro ended the week up against the pound and hit a one month high against the dollar this morning. France’s Europe Minister, Amélie de Montchalin, warned yesterday that the EU would not sign ‘any’ deal due to ‘artificial…
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The FTSE 100 suffered its biggest one-day drop since the financial crisis on Friday due to coronavirus fears. Mark Carney also said that UK growth could be hindered by the outbreak taking its toll on global trade. This…
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Sterling ended the week down against the euro on Friday, after heightened fears over coronavirus gave top UK shares their worst week since the financial crisis, and France warned that the EU would not stick to ‘artificial deadlines’…
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The dollar weakened yesterday as expectations of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve increased, due to the fact that the number of coronavirus cases are growing faster outside of China than inside. The US had its…
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The euro hit almost a month’s high earlier yesterday, after the UK revealed that it would contemplate returning to WTO terms if a broad outline of a deal had not been agreed by June. In a less positive…
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