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Snapshot – January 31st

31st January 2019

The Dollar edged further down today to its lowest level since early August in trade-weighted terms. While FOMC members, including Federal Reserve Chairperson Powell, had in recent weeks adopted a…

Snapshot – January 30th

30th January 2019

The GBP/USD cross, which had yesterday pushed above 1.32 in the wake of important parliamentary votes before correcting down to 1.306 late in the session, has stabilised today. MPs yesterday…

Week Ahead Calendar 28th January – 3rd February

28th January 2019

It’s a very big week for the US, both in terms of events and data. The Federal Reserve is holding its policy meeting on Wednesday – the same day senior…

Weekly Recap 21st January – 27th January

28th January 2019

Markets were deprived of tier-one US macro data last week, in part due to the government shutdown which President Trump, somewhat surprisingly, announced on 25th would be suspended for three…

Snapshot – 25th January

25th January 2019

Today’s trading session was characterised by broad-based Dollar weakness, with the trade-weighted index down about 0.6% to its lowest level since end-September. The under-pressure Euro is up 0.8%, with the…

Snapshot – January 24th

24th January 2019

The GBP/USD cross has powered through 1.30 for the first time since mid-November. Prime Minister Theresa May is still pushing to renegotiate with the EU some of the terms and…

Snapshot – January 22nd

22nd January 2019

Both the Dollar and Euro broadly treaded water today with markets seemingly ignoring slightly worse than expected US existing homes sales for December and a slightly better than expected German…

Week Ahead Calendar January 21st – January 27th

21st January 2019

In the US the pre-FOMC meeting blackout period has started so there will be no formal FOMC speeches ahead of the Fed’s policy meeting on 30th January. Note that the…

Weekly Recap January 14th – January 20th

21st January 2019

The S&P 500 had another good week, posting a 2.9% gain and the Dollar, which had been on a multi-week slide, finally stabilised and appreciated a modest 0.3% in trade-weighted…

Snapshot – January 18th

18th January 2019

The dollar has gradually appreciated throughout today’s session. The EUR/USD cross is back to just above 1.136, weighed down by mounting concerns about slowing eurozone economic growth. Cable, which temporarily…

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