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Snapshot – January 16th

16th January 2019

It has been a reasonably subdued session in the currency markets, including for Sterling ahead of a parliamentary no-confidence vote in the government due to start at 19.00 London time….

Snapshot – January 15th

15th January 2019

Sterling is reasonably well poised ahead of a critical vote in the House of Commons on the draft Brexit deal which is due to start at 19.00 London time. The…

Week Ahead Calendar 14th January – 20th January

14th January 2019

The data release calendar is light this week outside of the UK and the US. In the UK, the House of Commons is due to vote on the draft Brexit…

Weekly Recap January 7th – January 13th

14th January 2019

The second week of the New Year saw global risk appetite rebound. The S&P 500 was up for five consecutive sessions, by a cumulative 6%, and managed to hold steady…

Market Snapshot – January 11th

11th January 2019

Global risk appetite got another shot in the arm after Federal Reserve Chairperson Powell and a number of senior FOMC members reaffirmed a seemingly neutral view on US policy rates….

Market Snapshot – January 10th

10th January 2019

Pockets of economic pressure are building and popping up with increasing frequency. In Germany, the Eurozone’s largest economy, exports contracted 0.4% mom and worryingly for its trading partners German imports…

Market Snapshot – January 8th

8th January 2019

The Dollar, which had again weakened yesterday following soft ISM non-manufacturing PMI data for December, was broadly stable today thanks in part to small losses for the Euro and in…

Week Ahead Calendar 7th January – 13th January 2019

7th January 2019

In the US a number of FOMC members are due to speak this week and markets will be looking for signs as to whether they support Fed Chairperson Powell’s more…

Weekly Recap 31st December – 6th January

7th January 2019

  The first week of the year has been market by acute volatility in equity, interest rate and currency markets, with sizeable intra-day swings including a temporary flash crash in…

Market Snapshot – 4th January 2019

4th January 2019

It’s been a “risk-on” day with markets shunning the Dollar and the Yen. The Yen, which had surged a remarkable 5.2% since 11thDecember, is down about 0.6% today. The more…

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