December 29th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Unlike its European contemporaries, yesterday was a busy day in the economic calendar for the US dollar. Of particular note were the latest jobless claims figures which...
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December 28th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The dollar lost half a cent against the pound yesterday, with the pound hitting a high well over $1.342 before settling back to $1.34 – still a cent above the average...
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December 27th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday’s smaller scale data releases included S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices for October which were down on expectations at 0.2% against a forecast of 0.5%,...
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December 22nd, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The key release of the day was the US GDP growth rate for the third quarter of 2017. Economists had predicted that it would push up from 3.1% to 3.3% but the figure...
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December 21st, 2017
By Kiran Najran
Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives, banged his gavel in an exceptionally enthusiastic way to confirm the Senate had approved the GOP tax plan. It is not...
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December 20th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The main talking point in the US yesterday was that world stock markets reached record levels as Trump’s tax reforms are likely to be passed imminently. They have...
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