It’s worth starting at the end of the article title, as none of us like to simply “give up”. There’s something about: quitting, walking away, surrendering, that should never fit comfortably with you psyche. Imagine for a moment, if you gave up easily on other pursuits, you’d never achieve anything. We persevere at difficult tasks […]
China’s year on year CPI figure came in right on forecast, at 2.3% up to March, rising from 1.5% in February. Analysts immediately began to ponder if the globe’s second largest economy, might be entering a recovery mode, after its most recent GDP figures have indicated a slowdown in growth. That reduction in commerce, could
As predicted, by the economists polled by Reuters and Bloomberg, the ECB announced they had kept the key interest rate unchanged at 0.00% and the deposit rate fixed at -0.4%, at the culmination of their committee meeting. Later in the afternoon, during his press conference in Frankfurt, the ECB President Mario Draghi urged patience, with
As an FX trader, what do you think of when you consider the word “skill”? You may think of a sportsman, or woman with exceptional skills. Perhaps you’d conjure up thoughts of world class tennis players such as; Serena Williams, or Roger Federer. Or footballers such as; Lionel Messi and Ronaldo. Or maybe you’d think
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On Wednesday afternoon, the value of sterling will come under intense focus and increased speculation, as an emergency E.U. summit decides what extension they’re prepared to offer the U.K. in order for the country to delay its exit from the European Union, which is currently scheduled for Friday April 12th. The widely held consensus is
Japan’s yen rose versus several of its main peers during Tuesday’s trading sessions, its safe haven appeal was elevated as a consequence of the IMF severely cutting its predictions, regarding global growth for 2019. The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast to 3.3%, from the 3.5% rate it had predicted as recently as January 2019,
The value of the U.S. dollar has been hit by two factors, during trading over recent sessions; the overall risk on market mood, as a consequence of a potential favourable outcome in the China-USA trade talks, combined with the rise in the value of oil and consequently commodity currencies, has caused the greenback to slip
