January 16th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The current spell of sterling weakness started on Thursday when it was announced that May was going to deliver her long-awaited Brexit speech this Tuesday. While the...
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January 13th, 2017
By Smart Currency
For the first part of Thursday sterling made gains and reversed Wednesday’s losses against the US dollar (USD). With very little information coming out of the UK,...
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January 12th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Manufacturing managed to reverse the losses from last month and beat the forecast by growing by 1.3 percent. The largest contribution gain came from pharmaceuticals,...
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January 11th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Sterling (GBP, pound) recovered some of the earlier losses that were incurred following the Prime Ministers warning that there was no prospect of Britain keeping “bits”...
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January 10th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The pound fell across the board yesterday in response to a TV interview with Theresa May which led markets to believe that the government prioritises border control...
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January 9th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The pound, despite a weaker than expected US employment reading, gave up pretty much all of its gains against the US dollar last week. A significant reason for this...
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