November 6th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
A recent positive run for sterling ended dramatically on Thursday and continued into Friday. For, while BoE raised UK interest rates as expected, the dovish tone that...
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November 3rd, 2017
By Ricky Bean
UK interest rates were increased by 25 basis points yesterday in a move that was largely expected. However, comments that followed caused sterling to weaken sharply...
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November 2nd, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Today is the day everyone has been waiting for, with BoE set to make an announcement on whether they will increase interest rates for the first time in more than a...
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November 1st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
With no major economic data releases yesterday, market attention was turned to events elsewhere. Eurozone Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and France GDP releases showed...
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October 31st, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Figures released from BoE yesterday showed that UK consumers are still borrowing using their credit cards. From £69 billion in August, the UK public now own £69.4...
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October 30th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
It was a bit of a mixed week for sterling. Disappointing retail sales on Thursday didn’t do the pound any favours, although it still managed to climb against the euro...
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