January 9th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Economic growth slowed in the US in December, with just 158,000 jobs added, lower than the expected 183,000. However, both the October and November figures were revised...
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January 6th, 2017
By Smart Currency
Cautious optimism was the tone from the Federal Reserve as its minutes were published late on Wednesday. Though two more rate hikes remain on the cards for 2017, the...
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January 5th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The US dollar (USD) has had some good weeks recently but yesterday saw it slip slightly as data out of the UK and Europe was on the whole positive and ahead of...
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January 4th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday was the first full trading day of the new year and it didn’t disappoint, with the US dollar (USD) creeping up to the highest point in over 10 years against...
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January 3rd, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Thursday evening the dollar suffered a sharp bout of weakness in after-hours trading. The euro surged over 1% against the US dollar. There was very little in terms of...
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December 30th, 2016
By Smart Currency
The US dollar (USD) has been doing very well of late, leaving the pound (GBP) and euro (EUR) at multi-year lows. However, profit taking over this quiet period subjected...
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