25 January 2024 Fed Will Have to Cut After These PCE Inflation Numbers: Pantheon Macroeconomics

  Ian Shepherdson, Chief Economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, says if you are only looking at GDP and jobless claims today, you are missing the big picture.

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15 January 2024 March Rate Cut From the Fed is Back in Play: XM.com

After brushing aside a hotter-than-expected CPI report last week, investors betting on an imminent pivot by the Fed were emboldened on Friday from a very soft set of producer prices.

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15 December 2023 Pound to Dollar Rate Slides After Fed's Williams Pushes Back Against Rate Cut Bets

The Dollar rebounded ahead of the weekend after a member of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee said his colleagues must be prepared to raise interest rates again if required.

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14 December 2023 Dollar In Big Fall After Federal Reserve Condones Rate Cut Bets

The Dollar has softened against Pound Sterling, the Euro and other major currencies after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and condoned market expectations for several interest rat…

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12 December 2023 The Fed Could Yet Hike Rates Again As Inflation is Set To Pick Up Warns Truflation

Independent economic data aggregator Truflation says U.S. core inflation is becoming "entrenched" amidst a strong labour market and investors should not rule out interest rate hikes.

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06 December 2023 Scale of Fed Rate Cuts In 2024 Still Underestimated: Deutsche Bank

The Federal Reserve will wait until June before cutting interest rates, but from this point, the pace of rate cuts could surprise markets.

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29 November 2023 Waller Prompts USD Selloff

GBPUSD breached 1.27 for the first time since September, but Pound Sterling is left looking technically overbought at the time of writing on Wednesday, suggesting it's time for cool heads to prevai…

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10 November 2023 Pound to Dollar Fell 0.5% After A Stern Powell Berates The Market

The Dollar rose broadly after the head of the U.S. central bank sparked renewed expectations for further interest rate hikes as he expressed concern that inflation would remain too high over the co…

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02 November 2023 Pound-Dollar Defends 1.21 After Fed Signals December Rate Hike Now Less Likely

The Dollar was softer across the board after the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates at existing levels and signalled little appetite to raise interest rates again.

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19 October 2023 Pound to Dollar Rocked by High-impact Powell Speech

The Dollar was sold after the Federal Reserve Chair said U.S. financial conditions and tightened considerably and that it might have a bearing on future decisions regarding interest rates.

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21 September 2023 Pound to Dollar Rate Pressured As Fed Pushes Back Rate Cut Timing

Pound Sterling will remain under pressure against the U.S. Dollar for some time say analysts following the Federal Reserve's policy update and guidance that suggests a first interest rate cut in 20…

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27 July 2023 Federal Reserve Raises Rates, Won't Rule Out Further Hikes

The Dollar was broadly weaker in the wake of the Federal Reserve's July decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points and signal that any further rate hikes would be entirely dependent on the…

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05 July 2023 Fed Minutes Challenge Pound's Bullish Technical Outlook Against Dollar

GBPUSD remains subject to a bullish technical outlook according to a new analysis from City Index, the retail trading institution, in a call that offers some context to the recent pullback and cons…

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29 June 2023 Dollar's Sintra Comeback Leaves Euro and Pound Reeling

The U.S. Dollar rebounded with a vengeance over the course of the midweek session, taking value from the Pound, Euro and all other G10 peers, and setting itself up for a strong finish to what has b…

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14 June 2023 Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged But Dot Plot Projections Hold a Surprise

GBPUSD retreated from earlier highs after the Federal Reserve said it would leave its base interest rate unchanged at 5-5.25%, as expected.

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04 May 2023 U.S. Dollar and Federal Reserve Outlook: Analyst and Economist Views 

Most U.S. Dollar exchange rates slipped lower in the penultimate session of the week after the Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates and broadened its options in relation to future policy dec…

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03 May 2023 GBPUSD Reaches New High as Fed Delivers its Final Hike

Deepening losses for the Dollar lifted the Pound to Dollar exchange rate to almost 1.26 late in midweek trade after the Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its interest rate but stopped short of suggestin…

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03 May 2023 Canadian Dollar Trails as ISM Offers Fed More Reason for Cheer

The Canadian Dollar gave way to most other comparable currencies in midweek trade after the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) offered further signs of the Federal Reserve having success in wres…

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01 May 2023 Pound to Dollar Week Ahead Forecast: Fed Rain Cheque Possible

The Pound to Dollar exchange rate lifted Sterling to the top of the major currency league table last week but could rise further toward roughly 1.2690 up ahead if last week's economic figures …

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28 April 2023 GBP/USD Tests One-year High Following PCE Inflation Data Goes the Fed's Way

The Pound to Dollar exchange rate rallied to retest one-year highs in the final session of the week after official data suggested the Federal Reserve (Fed) is nearing dry land in its battle against…

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