December 27th, 2024
By Christopher Nye
The pound had a mixed Boxing Day, weakening against the US dollar and euro, though faring better against the Canadian dollar and Japanese yen. There was little data...
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December 24th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
The pound began the festive week on the back foot after UK GDP growth was revised down to zero in the three months to October. A sleepy day for currency markets was...
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December 23rd, 2024
By Christopher Nye
Sterling fell sharply from recent highs against the euro at the end of last week, and to the lowest level against the US dollar since the spring. The obvious cause was...
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December 20th, 2024
By Christopher Nye
The interest rate decision from the Bank of England (BoE) yesterday sent the pound in two different directions. Before the vote by the nine members of the BoE’s...
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December 19th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
Policymakers at the Bank of England will meet today for their last rate setting appointment of 2024. Markets are expecting little appetite for a second consecutive cut,...
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December 18th, 2024
By Jonathan Cook
UK inflation ticked up again in November to reach 2.6%, its highest mark since March. Higher costs of recreation and leisure (things like live music tickets and...
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