December 28th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
A mixed day for the sterling, which strengthened against the US dollar but weakened slightly against the euro. However the pound did stretch itself over half a cent,...
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December 28th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Against the US dollar the single currency got back into the $1.19 level, seldom seen in the past few months. The euro also strengthened against the pound as a quiet day...
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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 27th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
On what should have been the quietest day of the year the euro dropped by around 3 percentage points to €1.132 against the British pound very briefly on Christmas Day,...
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December 27th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The news just before Christmas was the UK GDP release on Friday. The 0.4% growth in the UK’s Gross Domestic Product between Q2 and Q3 saw sterling rising to above...
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