Market Update

GBP/USD continued its struggle around the 1.21 area after yesterday’s strong performance from The Dollar. This was mainly due to 10 year Bond’s in The US touching 4.5% for the […]

Market Update

The main talking point across the currency market is that of the Dollar gaining significant strength against both Sterling and Euro. 10yr Treasury bond yields in the US rose by […]

Market Update

Sterling weakness has been the main theme of September so far, and last week we saw these moves accelerated after the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates on […]

Market Update

The dollar hit a 6-1/2 month high after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled policy would remain restrictive for longer, even after holding rates steady, while the Swiss franc dropped after […]

Market Update

UK Core Inflation YoY (Aug) was expected to drop by 0.1% to 6.8% but released cooler than expected at 6.2%.  This eases some of the pressure for the BOE on […]

Market Update

The euro got a lift this morning from a report that indicated the European Central Bank may soon start discussing how to drain some of the excess liquidity in the […]

Market Update

The ECB surprised markets last week by raising interest rates by 25bps to record highs instead of keeping them on hold as initially expected- the bank now will pause on […]

Market Update

The pound rose against the dollar today as the greenback slipped and as traders looked ahead to the Bank of England’s interest rate decision next week. Sterling has been one […]

Market Update

Pound Sterling continued it’s downward trend against The USD, struggling to get back to the 1.25 levels, after poorer than expected economic growth figures in The UK. The economy contracted […]

Market Update

Sterling slipped this morning and is on track for its biggest daily drop in a week as UK economy contracted by 0.5% in July, a worse than expected 0.2% contraction […]