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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 27, 2021
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The Federal Reserve of the US and Bank of England of the UK both kept interest rates on hold last week. With the markets expecting no changes in rates and Quantitive easing; they were however looking for some forward guidance as to when an interest rate hike may come. The Fed are currently monitoring employment […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Rate Cuts, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 23, 2021
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Wednesday’s main focus for traders was The Fed Reserves Interest Rate decision, an eagerly awaited data release providing forward guidance on interest rates and monetary policy. Rate hikes globally have been a topic of conversation over the past few months with inflation over-shooting many central bank targets of 2%. The main takeaway from The Fed’s […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Rate Cuts, Retail Sales, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 20, 2021
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The Pound commenced last week much higher against the Euro & US Dollar due to Bank of England’s hint of an interest rate hike. However, the pound has fallen against the Euro and USD towards the close of trading on Friday last week. Inflation data for the UK superseded the Bank of England’s forecast in […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Dollar, EUR, GBP, Inflation, Prime Minister, Rate Cuts, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 16, 2021
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Yesterday morning we saw GBP edge up slightly across the major currencies with inflation hitting more than a nine year high, which led to further expectation for The Bank of England to act sooner rather than later with hiking Interest Rates. Consumer prices rose by 3.2% last month, the biggest monthly rise in over 20 […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, Inflation, Rate Cuts, Retail Sales, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 15, 2021
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The British pound rebounded this morning but was off the highs touched yesterday, after data showed British inflation hit a more than nine-year high last month, fuelling expectations the Bank of England could look to hike rates sooner than previously expected. CPI in Britain rose by 3.2% on a year-on-year basis last month, the biggest […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, election, EUR, GBP, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 13, 2021
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Bank of England Governor, Andrew Bailey, and other members of the BoE have given signs of an interest rate hike withing the next year. The Pound naturally rose against US Dollar and Euro at the close of week. The market has now retraced much of these gains over the weekend into the open this week […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 9, 2021
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This week has pretty much been the week of Central Banks, with Rate Decisions from Australia, Canada, Poland, & The ECB today. First up on Tuesday was The Reserve Bank of Australia, keeping their Interest Rates at 0.10%, however more importantly forward guidance suggested they would begin their asset tapering with the aim of drawing […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Brexit, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 7, 2021
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The Pound rose sharply against the US Dollar on the close of last week, Friday, due to a massively underperforming non-farm payrolls report. The monthly jobs reports, released on the first Friday of every month, was expected to add 750k jobs however actually come in at a shocking 235k. On a more positive note, average […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, EUR, GBP, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- September 2, 2021
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UK house prices rose 11% against last Augusts figures, climbing closer to Pre-Pandemic levels, bringing some levels of positivity for The UK’s economic recovery. It is thought that although The Stamp Duty Holiday came to an end for higher bracket priced houses back in June, houses falling under the £250,000 or less bracket was the […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- August 26, 2021
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The last few days have been extremely volatile for The U.S Dollar as we move into The Jackson Hole Summit with all eyes on what The Fed Reserve will mention regarding possible Rate Hikes and any Quantitive Easing measures moving forward. Over the past week we’ve seen USD gain momentum against both EUR & GBP […]
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