June 20th, 2014
By Ricky Bean
There has been a mixed bag of data from the US this week. First we saw disappointing data from the housing market, particularly the number of building permits month on...
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June 20th, 2014
By Ricky Bean
The impact of the situation in Iraq was felt on the currency markets throughout the week. Developments over the weekend and into the start of the week were exacerbated...
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June 19th, 2014
By Ricky Bean
Sterling suffered slightly on Wednesday, thanks to the release of minutes from the latest meeting of the monetary policy committee. This showed that policy makers were...
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June 19th, 2014
By Ricky Bean
A dearth of Eurozone data yesterday meant that the movements in euro rates occurred largely as a result of events elsewhere. The release of the Monetary Policy...
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June 19th, 2014
By Ricky Bean
Yesterday we saw the US current account deficit come in worse than expected, -US$111.2 billion compared to the consensus expectation of -US$96 billion. This data failed...
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