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Markets await decisions from BoE and ECB 2 Aug 2012 | 05:12 pm
Today sees both the Bank of England (BoE) and European Central Bank (ECB) make their monthly announcements amidst much speculation that monetary policy could be loosened in both sides of the channel i...
A big week ahead 31 Jul 2012 | 04:19 pm
A quiet start to the trading week ahead of the monthly rate setting meetings from the US, UK and Euro zone later on in the week. The euro finished last week with some momentum after various European l...
Could the UK lose its AAA credit rating? 26 Jul 2012 | 04:29 pm
The pound took a hammering in the markets yesterday after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published preliminary data which showed a far larger contraction in UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) i...
Untitled 26 Jul 2012 | 04:28 pm
The pound took a hammering in the markets yesterday after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published preliminary data which showed a far larger contraction in UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) i...
Risk aversion dominating the markets 24 Jul 2012 | 04:09 pm
The week started with risk aversion dominating the markets after weekend press speculation that Wednesday’s UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data will be negative for the third month in a row and a fai...
Pound falls against the majors 19 Jul 2012 | 04:15 pm
The pound fell against the majority of the 16 most actively traded currencies yesterday, the exception being the euro on publication of the minutes of the Bank of England (BoE) that showed the majori...
Best £/€ rates since March 2008 17 Jul 2012 | 04:03 pm
The pound reached its highest level against the euro since March 2008 after a report in the Ernst and Young Item Club’s quarterly forecast suggested that the UK economy is set to return to growth on t...
$ at 2 year high 12 Jul 2012 | 04:25 pm
The pound rose yesterday against the euro to reach its highest level since October 2008 but the big move of the day was on the US dollar which rose strongly against the majority of major currencies as...
All eyes on today’s central bank rate decisions 5 Jul 2012 | 04:32 pm
With the US markets closed for the 4th July holiday, trading volumes were correspondingly low but this did not prevent the pound falling heavily against all of the 16 most actively traded currencies a...
Poor worldwide data damages confidence 3 Jul 2012 | 03:56 pm
As has become the norm of late, the euro continues to dominate the fx markets. Yesterday it failed to keep hold of the gains made at the end of last week after the markets reacted with relief at the p...
