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Sterling slips, despite U.K. CPI (inflation) rising, as the Brexit bluster appears to have run out of road, DJIA reaches record 23,000, as U.S. dollar rises versus its main peers

Sterling fell on Tuesday, shortly after the U.K.’s latest CPI figure (and other inflation data) was released, coming in as the economists’ polled forecast; at 3% YoY. The fall in sterling versus its main peers, was due to the BoE governor Mark Carney, when giving evidence in front of U.K. lawmakers, declaring that he was […]

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Sterling slips, as Brexit negotiations reach a critical stage, Janet Yellen’s belief that inflation will pick up, causes U.S. dollar and equities to rise

Sterling came under pressure on Monday, as Brexit concerns appear to have reached a critical juncture. Many market commentators and those close to the negotiations, are now openly quoting that the relationship between the E.U. and the leading members of the U.K., has completely broken down. Theresa May flew to meet European Commission chief Jean-Claude

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Pressure will be on for the BoE to raise interest rates, if the U.K. CPI comes in at 3%, expect sterling to react if the forecast is met

On Tuesday morning, at 8:30am GMT, the U.K. official statistics agency (the ONS) will reveal the latest CPI figure in a series of inflation data, which will also include the RPI and producer price input inflation. The forecast is for CPI (consumer price inflation) to rise to a five year high of 3% annualized, with

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New Zealand’s CPI is the key, high impact, economic news event listed for Monday, however, political issues in the USA, U.K., and Europe should be closely monitored

The key USA inflation metric (CPI) missed the forecast of 2.3% annual growth for September, coming in at 2.2% when revealed on Friday 13th, which was ahead of the reading of 1.9% recorded for August. Equity markets in the USA rose to new record highs, gold breached back above the $1300 per ounce handle, bitcoin

New Zealand’s CPI is the key, high impact, economic news event listed for Monday, however, political issues in the USA, U.K., and Europe should be closely monitored Read More »

WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 16/10-20/10|U.K. economic data will be closely analyzed, to gauge if the BoE has the ammunition to raise the base interest rate above 0.25% in November

There’s plenty of fascinating fundamental data to analyze this week, CPI (inflation) figures are published for many countries, china’s latest GDP growth is revealed, whilst arguably the U.K. will take center stage for a variety of reasons. There’s a raft of economic calendar data to be delivered by the various authoritative bodies in the U.K.,

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Sterling whipsaws violently, as Brexit issues begin to come into sharp focus. Many global equity markets reach record highs

FX traders needed to remain hyper vigilant during Thursday’s trading sessions, as sterling currency pairs slumped and then rallied, as the political turmoil involving Brexit took center stage in Europe. The two leading negotiators; Davis and Barnier, appeared to be at odds once again, with Barnier, representing the remaining 27 E.U. members, voicing his profound

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Will the latest consumer price inflation figure from the USA, give the green light to the FOMC to raise interest rates at their December meeting?

From various USA sources on Friday, we receive the latest: CPI data, advanced retail sales and the university of Michigan confidence survey. A trinity of highly valuable, yet distinctly different metrics that will shine a light into the various crevices of: growth, confidence and the performance, of various aspects of the USA economy. And with

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U.S. dollar falls as FOMC minutes indicate a more dovish tone than expected, euro rallies versus its main peers

The minutes from the FOMC meeting, which concluded on September 20th, were released on Wednesday evening and despite the overwhelming consensus appearing to be in support of a another interest rate rise before the year ends, several FOMC members indicated caution; suggesting that they’d be monitoring inflation (staying near its 2% target) and other critical

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Strong U.K. data causes sterling to rise and increases the November interest rate rise bets, German data also beats forecasts, helping to push the euro to weekly highs

After beating the forecasts on industrial production on Monday, coming in at 2.6% growth MoM for August versus the expectations of 0.9%, Germany continued its robust growth figures; export and import figures also smashed through the forecasts when the data was published on Tuesday. Exports rose by 3.1% MoM for August and imports rose by

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Sterling rallies on improved and revised wage data, whilst the U.S. dollar maintains its recent highs, as an FOMC interest rate rise appears imminent

The U.K. pound enjoyed a boost on Monday as the official statistics agency for the U.K. the ONS, announced that they’d made an error in their calculations, over their recent wage inflation data. Wage inflation in the country is apparently running at 2.6% annualized, as opposed to the 1.6% figure published last week. This news

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