GBP: BoE Bailey due to speak later

The pound fell sharply by over 1% against the euro yesterday as worries over the UK’s fuel and energy crisis increased. UK gas prices surging to record highs, as well as the ‘panic buying’ of fuel have raised concerns of rising inflation and a stagnating economy,...


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Pound suffers due to energy crisis

The pound weakened against both the euro and the dollar yesterday and is still weak this morning due to the UK’s energy crisis and fuel shortages. The crisis has stoked concerns over rising inflation and economic stagnation. Yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson...


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USD: Dollar strengthens on positive data

The dollar has strengthend sharply against the euro and pound this morning. Various members of the US Federal Reserve’s version of the monetary policy committee, the FOMC, are also making speeches over the next two days, including Jerome Powell giving testimony...


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EUR: Euro weakens as Germany turns left

The SPD’s success in the polls – although who will eventually end up as government remains unclear – was one of the factors weighing on the euro at the start of the week Yesterday’s data included falling unemployment claims in France, but of more interest was a speech...


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GBP: Pound strong on inflation fears

Sterling strengthened against the euro yesterday, and the US dollar. This was in line with an increase in UK bond yields, that are themselves reflective of worries about inflation going beyond the bounds that the Bank of England believes acceptable. While this morning...


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