February 3rd, 2026
By Jonathan Cook
The price of gold and silver fell again on Monday (albeit at a slightly more polite pace), resuming a slide that began last week on the back of policy news from the...
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February 2nd, 2026
By Christopher Nye
Markets were meant to start this week second-guessing central banks. Instead, they have a far messier backdrop: a partial US government shutdown driven by a row over...
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January 30th, 2026
By Christopher Nye
Sterling maintained its position at close to a six-month high against the euro and a 4½ year high on the US dollar. However, it was knocked off the heights it reached...
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January 29th, 2026
By Ryan Morrison
The Federal Reserve has done the thing markets expected, and then somehow still made everyone nervous. Policymakers held interest rates steady overnight, after a run of...
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January 28th, 2026
By Jonathan Cook
Sterling continued to march higher against the US dollar on Tuesday, adding almost a full cent across yesterday’s trading and reaching its strongest level since the end...
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January 27th, 2026
By Jonathan Cook
The US dollar sank to its lowest ebb in four months yesterday and its weakest since July against the pound. After the Greenland saga brought about its worst week since...
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