December 23rd, 2014
By Ricky Bean
The Monday before Christmas was a quiet day in terms of sterling data. The only piece of data we saw released were the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) Meeting Minutes,...
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December 23rd, 2014
By Ricky Bean
The euro had a relatively quiet day on Monday. Consumer price index figures came out at -10.9, slightly better than the forecast of -11 and significantly better than...
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December 23rd, 2014
By Ricky Bean
With minimal data coming out of the US yesterday, the market remained focused on a raft of key releases out today. The only release for the day saw existing home retail...
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December 23rd, 2014
By Ricky Bean
The Russian rouble strengthened yesterday following news that China has suggested increasing their currency swap agreement with Russia to provide increased stability to...
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December 22nd, 2014
By Ricky Bean
A positive day on Friday saw public sector net borrowing and retail sales figures in the UK come in better than expected. Public sector borrowing was £1bn less than...
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December 22nd, 2014
By Ricky Bean
The euro continued to struggle on Friday, weakening against sterling and falling to fresh multi-year lows against the US dollar. German consumer climate figures...
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