December 19th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
Policymakers at the Bank of England will meet today for their last rate setting appointment of 2024. Markets are expecting little appetite for a second consecutive cut,...
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December 18th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
UK inflation ticked up again in November to reach 2.6%, its highest mark since March. Higher costs of recreation and leisure (things like live music tickets and...
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December 17th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
Sterling enjoyed a promising start to the last significant week of 2024. Positive UK services data, coupled with some less chipper news from the land of European...
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December 16th, 2024
By Alex Bennett
Having broken through a long-held resistance level to an eight-year high last week, GBP/EUR promptly dropped by more than 1% at the end of the week and a similar amount...
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December 13th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
The European Central Bank (ECB) trimmed interest rates from 3.25% to 3% on Thursday. Undeterred by this, the euro clawed back half a cent against the pound and escaped...
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December 12th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
The pound’s eye-catching streak of daily advances resumed on Wednesday ahead of a crucial meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB). GBP/EUR climbed by a further 0.25%...
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