May 25th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
Trump cancelled the North Korea summit yesterday, citing ‘tremendous anger and open hostility’ shown by North Korea. They had called Mike Pence a ‘political dummy’...
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May 24th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The minutes from the FOMC meeting were released yesterday evening and showed that most officials are minded to increase interest rates soon. That points to a June rate...
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May 23rd, 2018
By Kiran Najran
By the end of yesterday the dollar was pretty much at the same levels against sterling and the euro it began proceedings. However, it should be noted there was a fair...
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May 22nd, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The world breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday as Mnuchin confirmed that the US and China have agreed to suspend trade tariffs for the time being. Speaking to...
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May 21st, 2018
By Ricky Bean
The last two months have been good for the dollar to say the least. It has been a little volatile on an intraday basis but, overall, it has made some solid gains...
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May 18th, 2018
By Ricky Bean
In the week ending 12 May 2018, some 222,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits, up from 211,000 the week before. The markets had been expecting an increase, but...
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