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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Prime Minister, Rate Cuts, Retail Sales, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- January 10, 2022
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The Pound has faced its third week, in succession, of gains against the US Dollar following the Bank of Englands decision to hike interest rates, a long awaited agreement with the European Union surrounding a fisheries deal and a surprisingly lower than forecasted non-farm payrolls in December. The US Dollar fell by over 0.5% on […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bremain, Brexit, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, GBP, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- December 20, 2021
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The British pound slipped to a three-day low on Monday, dropping below $1.32 versus the dollar as a broad risk-off mood swept through financial markets. Growing doubts about U.S. President Biden’s infrastructure program to see the light of day due to Democrat Joe Manchin’s ‘no’ is prompting a rethink about U.S. growth forecasts for 2022 […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Budget, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Prime Minister, Rate Cuts, Retail Sales, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- November 18, 2021
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The Pound has continued its recovery this week after positive employment data removed fears of the potential impact from the furlough scheme ending in October. The potential fall-out from furlough was cited as the main reason for The Bank of England resisting a rate hike earlier this month, and with inflation surging over 4% for […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- November 4, 2021
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Wednesday saw the eagerly awaited Fed Reserve meeting centred around Tapering, when would it start and by how much? All the speculation over the last week had pointed towards a tapering plan to begin the reduced asset purchases by $15b p/month. This is exactly how it panned out, with The Fed Reserve going further to […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Bank of England, Brexit, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, GBP, Inflation, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- November 1, 2021
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November has opened trading with the GBP having retraced gains from an incredibly strong month. Investors and traders priced in an interest rate hike from the Bank of England this side of the new year in the last 2 weeks of trading. The GBP had reached highs against the US Dollar, Euro and a basket […]
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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 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 Bank of England, Budget, coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, election, EUR, GBP, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- July 29, 2021
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The British Pound has continued its recovery this week with a continuation of daily drops in Covid cases against the figures released 7 days earlier. Earlier this week, The UK saw a 38% drop for week on week cases, bringing some optimism that the third wave ending may well be in sight. With cases having […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in Brexit, coronavirus, Dollar, Economy, EUR, GBP, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- July 21, 2021
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Sterling edged lower this morning and was set for its fifth consecutive daily decline versus the dollar and Euro amid rising numbers of COVID Delta variant cases in Britain and confusion around the lifting of restriction in England. The government said that while cases are rising, hospitalisations and deaths remained low. Confusion on the removal […]
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- Posted by Shyam Gokani in coronavirus, Currency, Dollar, Economy, EUR, Fed, Inflation, Prime Minister, Sterling, UK, Uncategorised
- July 8, 2021
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GBP is set to at least hold it’s value throughout July with the freedom day of July 19th set to go ahead after being given the green light from Boris Johnson. The main factor behind this decision is due to the correlation that vaccines are having on bringing down hospitalisations and deaths. Economically, GDP is […]
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