January 24th, 2017
By Smart Currency
Trump has given the markets plenty to worry about. He’s announced that he wants the US to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal which...
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January 24th, 2017
By Smart Currency
As for data on Monday, European consumer confidence figures were worse than expected and short-term French bond sales remained largely unchanged. Despite the lack of...
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January 24th, 2017
By Smart Currency
There were no data releases of note yesterday but sterling pushed to a fresh five-week high against the US dollar. Sterling is still benefitting from Prime Minister...
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January 23rd, 2017
By Ricky Bean
The dollar edged higher on Friday after a volatile week, underlining the growing uncertainty over what we can expect from the Trump administration. Overall, the US...
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January 23rd, 2017
By Ricky Bean
This week starts with smaller data releases. We’ll have French bond data and European Consumer Confidence today. The German, French and European purchasing managers’...
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January 23rd, 2017
By Ricky Bean
UK retail sales saw a drop of 1.9% in December month-on-month, a much bigger drop than expected. In fact, the figure announced on Friday represents the biggest monthly...
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