USD: ‘Dovish’ testimony from Powell

The dollar was largely unchanged yesterday following a ‘dovish’ speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who testified in front of Congress yesterday. Despite a higher than expected inflation reading earlier this week, Powell insisted that it’s too soon to...


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EUR: Industrial production figures disappoint

The euro has rebounded slightly against the dollar after weakening earlier this week due to US inflation figures. Industrial production figures were released for the Eurozone yesterday, showing that production fell by 1% in May, the first drop in 3 months and worse...


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GBP: Employment data misses the mark

After rising yesterday morning due to inflation data, the pound has lost some ground this morning following disappointing labour market statistics. Figures show that 25,000 jobs were created in the three months to June, missing market forecasts of a 90,000 increase....


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USD: US inflation rises, dollar strengthens

The dollar strengthened yesterday and is still strong this morning following the release of the inflation rate figures for the US. Core inflation rate came in at 4.5% and annual inflation was 5.4% for June. These readings were both above market expectations, with...


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