August 17th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The US dollar continued its gains against the pound yesterday as it initially strengthened further but the pair traded within a relatively tight range. .At present...
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August 17th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday, the euro softened on a fairly quiet day for economic data. It was hoped that the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi would be transparent with...
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August 17th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
After a shaky start, sterling ended the day higher following some positive news for the economy. Unemployment fell by 57,000 in the three months up to June which in...
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August 16th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
US retail sales rose by 0.6% in July, which was higher than forecast. Analysts had expected an increase of around 0.4%, not least because of two months of decline....
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August 16th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
It was fairly quiet in Europe as the French and Italian markets were closed for a bank holiday. However, we did see the single currency weaken initially as German GDP...
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August 16th, 2017
By Ricky Bean
Sterling weakened across the board yesterday as the market was disappointed with the headline inflation figure. The annual rate of UK CPI inflation in July held at 2.6%...
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