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Snapshot – 24th September

24th September 2018

Trading has been thin today with China, Japan, South Korea and South Africa on holiday. Markets’ reaction to the escalating trade war between the US and China has been reasonably…

Week Ahead Calendar 24th September – 30th Sptember

24th September 2018

The US calendar is particularly heavy this week, with the release of durable goods, international trade, personal income, spending and PCE inflation data for August and consumer confidence numbers for…

Weekly recap 17th September – 23rd September

24th September 2018

Global risk appetite continued to recover last week, with high-yielding emerging market currencies outside of Asia posting strong gains and global equities continuing to grind stronger. This put further modest…

Snapshot – 20th September

20th September 2018

It has been another down day for the Dollar which has weakened to a 3-week low in trade-weighted terms despite the release of a larger-than-expected rise in the Philadelphia Fed…

Snapshot – 19th September

19th September 2018

FX markets came alive today. Sterling had barely budged overnight and the GBP/USD cross was steady around 1.315 until 09.30 when it shot past 1.32 following the release of far…

Snapshot – 18th September

18th September 2018

Once again currency price action in the majors has been particularly subdued in the past 24 hours, with the Dollar only marginally for the second consecutive session. The US announced…

Week Ahead Calendar 17th September – 23rd September

17th September 2018

The data and events calendar is heavy for the UK, with the Office of National Statistics due to release August inflation and retail sales data. MPC member Haldane is also…

Weekly Recap 9th September – 16th September

17th September 2018

The Turkish Lira and Russian Rouble rallied after the Central Bank of Turkey hiked its policy rates a whopping 625bp to 24% on Thursday and the Central Bank of Russia…

Snapshot – 14th September

14th September 2018

Currency price action in the majors has been particularly subdued in the past 48 hours despite a raft of macro data and the ECB and BoE policy meetings. Markets are…

Snapshot – 12th September

12th September 2018

Global risk appetite appears to have rebounded today with the Dollar weaker across the board, but particularly against developed market currencies and high-yielding market currencies. To be clear the moves…

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