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Market Update

The British pound is slightly lower this morning as investors waited to hear whether Britain and European Union will agree to extend an exemption on customs checks on chilled meat shipments to Northern Ireland. The current grace period waiving checks on British-made sausages and other chilled meats moving to Northern Ireland is due to end […]

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The UK’s economic recovery has recently been overshadowed by new Covid variants leading to a rise in infections, with a daily high of 3,000 cases for the first time since Mid-April. Prompting questions over the further easing of government restrictions on June 21st. UK inflation beat expectations in April, improving by 1.5% largely due to […]

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This week has been a quiet week on the economic front for Sterling, however the positive outlook for The UK keeps improving with Covid cases and deaths continuing to drop due to the steady vaccination rollout. This sentiment was further strengthened with the announcement that The UK has secured an extra 60 million Pfizer doses […]

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UK Consumer confidence for the UK has reached its peak since Covid-19 restriction have been put in place. Following suit, consumer spending has now breached pre-pandemic levels. Will this economy continue to rebound? Retail footfall, namely public transport, pubs, restaurants have recovered over the past couple of weeks which could continue to recover further as […]

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The British Pound came under  pressure against the Euro this morning; declining more than 2% in April alone. However, a still-positive technical setup and solid underlying fundamentals which could encourage a recovery in the near-term. There was no discernible news to pin the declines on, but more and more analysts are awaking to the prospect […]

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GBP/USD has continued its recovery this week for the third consecutive day reaching 1.3960 this morning, gaining more momentum off the back of yesterdays announcement for The U.S. that Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid package successfully got passed. Sterling is also comfortably within the 1.16-1.17 range against The Euro, hitting a high of 1.1693 earlier this […]

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The Pound remains on track to continue its climb higher against The Euro and USD after a relatively well received budget for 2021 as well as the ever-progressing vaccine roll-out. Rishi Sunak’s budget yesterday was labelled a giveaway budget with £65bn being provided as financial support to ensure the post-lockdown recovery is as long-lasting as […]

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Yesterday we saw continued strength in GBP as it hit 1.42 against the USD, levels not seen since April 2018 and touching a 1 year high against the Euro at 1.17. The main driving force behind the surge in Sterling was Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown announced on Monday, coupled with the ongoing success […]

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