Morning Roll Call

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

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

After Trump’s weekend threats versus China; to raise tariffs on $200b of imports from 10% to 25% beginning this Friday, the U.S. and Eurozone markets adjustment during Monday’s sessions was relatively contained, after Chinese markets sold off by the largest single day amount in over three years. However, after escalated threats emerged on Tuesday morning

The main Chinese equity markets sold off by circa 5% during the Asian session on Monday morning, as the Shanghai Composite and CSI equity indices fell by their largest amount in over three years. After recent reports of supposed, gradual concessions, being agreed by both China and the USA, in their trade war and tariff

The week begins with a relatively quiet day on Monday for calendar events, as the U.K. banking system is closed (on Monday only) for the May bank holiday. Therefore, trading in forex, particularly in GBP related pairs, could experience less volume during the day. In the Sydney Asian session the latest New Zealand dairy auction