The U.K. prime minister delivered a speech, offering up a new withdrawal agreement (WA) to Parliament, on Tuesday. A speech in which she promised various improvements, to get the deal through the House of Commons by way of a vote, in the first week on June. The most surprising element of the revised offer, involved […]
GBP/USD traded in a tight range, near to the daily pivot point, during Monday’s trading sessions, as FX analysts and traders attempted to price in both the latest Brexit issues and Tory government chaos. At 20:30pm U.K. time GBP/USD traded at 1.272, up 0.05% on the day. Trading down -1.89% monthly, the major pair often
The weekly economic calendar events begins early Monday morning during the Asian session, with the publication of the latest Japanese GDP figures, Reuters expect the key metric to come in at -0.1% for the first quarter of 2019, resulting in a year on year annualised QoQ fall to -0.2%, from 1.9%. Business spending is forecast
Sterling sold off versus several peers during Thursday’s sessions as the Brexit debacle enters new realms of farce, which are now threatening the very governance of the U.K. The day’s drama involved Theresa May appearing before a committee to encourage her to resign, rather than be hounded out by fer fellow Tory MPs. The 1922
The euro rose versus several of its peers during Wednesday’s afternoon trading session, after Trump took to social media to announce that he may delay the implementation of auto import tariffs of 25%, on autos from Europe, for six months. Such an announcement was also a boost to European manufacturers such as: Mercedes-Daimler and BMW.
Despite unemployment in the U.K. falling to multi decade lows of 3.9%, as revealed by the figures released by the ONS on Tuesday May 14th, the lack of actual employment growth in the U.K. is of concern to analysts, as it may indicate several issues. Many analysts will simply ignore and move past the standard
Chinese officials have remained conspicuously silent and dignified, during the social media onslaught the country has experienced from President Trump, over recent weekends. Trump took to his preferred method of communication (Twitter) on Sunday, to once again threaten China’s economy, with increased tariffs of 25%, on all Chinese imports into the USA. Chinese officials finally
The economic calendar on Monday begins with home loans and investment loans data for Australia, early in the Sydney-Asian session, readings which may impact on the value of the Aussie dollar, a ripple effect which could continue into the London-European session. A member of the Australian central bank will speak on a committee at 8:00am
U.S. equity indices recovered late on in the New York session, as President Trump rowed back from his threat to apply tariffs, of up to 25% on Chinese imports, starting from Friday May 10th. After the DJIA had plunged by over 400 points during the early part of the session, as price crashed through the
The U.K. pound slipped versus several of its peers, during Wednesday’s trading sessions, as Brexit issues resurfaced after a period of relatively subdued discussion in the mainstream, financial press. After receiving a reprieve from the original March 29th exit date, the U.K. government entered into a month long dialogue with the opposition Labour Party, in
