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Snapshot – 26th November

26th November 2019

The Dollar has appreciated slightly against Sterling, the Euro and Australian Dollar but is broadly flat versus the Swiss Franc and Kiwi Dollar in the past 48 hours. Retail sales…

Week Ahead Calendar 25th November – 1st December

25th November 2019

The macro-data calendar was light last week but is noticeably more packed this week, particularly in the US with external trade, consumer confidence, durable goods, the second Q3 GDP reading…

Weekly Recap 18th November – 24th November

25th November 2019

A key theme in recent weeks has been low and falling volatility in developed and emerging market currencies, including the Euro, Swiss Franc, Australian Dollar and even Sterling. Moreover, most…

Snapshot – 22nd November

22nd November 2019

Sterling has weakened slightly following the release of the first set of flash PMI data for the UK manufacturing and service sector. The manufacturing PMI fell to 48.3 in November…

Snapshot – 21st November

21st November 2019

The Federal Reserve and ECB policy meeting minutes gave little away, namely that while policy-makers remain concerned about damage to growth from US and Chinese import tariffs they believe that…

Snapshot – 20th November

20th November 2019

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, volatility in major currencies remains very depressed. If anything, daily swings in developed and emerging market currencies have receded even further…

Snapshot – 19th November

19th November 2019

It has been a very quiet start to the week in FX markets, with major currencies largely stagnant. A meeting yesterday between US President Trump and Fed Chairperson Powell appears…

Week Ahead Calendar 18th November – 24th November

18th November 2019

Central banks are in focus this week while the data calendar is particularly light until Friday when PMI figures are due for the release. The RBA, Fed and ECB are…

Weekly Recap 11th November – 17th November

18th November 2019

The Dollar appreciated 0.3% last week, despite data suggesting that US growth may have slowed further in Q4. The volume of retail sales contracted 0.1% mom in October and the…

Snapshot – 14th November

14th November 2019

The Dollar has moved sideways in the past 24 hours with Fed Chairperson’s testimony to Congress seemingly having little impact – probably because he ultimately said nothing new. His base-case…

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