01 June 2016 Why Manufacturing PMI Weakness can Still be Blamed on Sterling

The GBP continues to be sold across the board as foreign exchange markets remain unconvinced by the improvement witnessed in the UK’s manufacturing sector.

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31 May 2016 Dollar's Big Day Risks Being a Flop as Non-Farm Payrolls Don’t Really Matter says ING's Carnell

Non-farm payrolls (NFP) is currently not critical to the FOMC’s thinking.

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27 May 2016 Currency Events to Watch in Week Ahead: The Pound, Euro, US Dollar and Australian Dollar

The new week brings with it a slew of data releases that should help answer the question of whether or not the pound and dollar can continue their period of appreciation.

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13 May 2016 Further 'Mild' Dollar Gains Forecast this Week, Retail Sales Provide Impetus, Watch Inflation Data Tuesday

Expectations for a repeat of last month’s soft retail sales numbers were scuppered as the United States Census Bureau reported numbers well ahead of expectations.

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13 May 2016 Germany is Now Fastest Growing Economy in G7 Thanks to Refugees and Economic ‘Regime Change’

The German economy is picking up momentum at a time the UK is losing momentum - does this have implications for the GBP to EUR exchange rate?

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10 May 2016 UK Trade Data Confirms Pound Sterling’s Biggest Liability is Thriving

Latest trade numbers confirm the UK’s Current Account Deficit is likely to remain as wide as ever confirming the pound’s ultimate liability won’t disappear anytime soon.

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06 May 2016 US Payrolls Worse Than Expected, But Dollar Holds Ground: Latest Reactions

The US dollar is firmly in focus on Friday the 6th with the prospect of the recent recovery continuing being dependent on the release of jobs data from the United States.

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