17 January 2020 Technical Analysis: Five of the Very Many Things You Should Know

Exchange rates are predominantly driven by expectations for economic growth and interest rates although technical analysis is an increasingly important, but often poorly understood influence on priโ€ฆ

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17 January 2020 Retail Sales Slump Sends Pound Sterling into the Red

Pound Sterling was put on the backfoot Friday after the ONS reported UK retail sales slumped in December, surprising a market that had been prepared for modest growth and adding to expectations thaโ€ฆ

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17 January 2020 Pound Sterling Firms on Lingering Doubts over Bank of England Rate Cut

The British Pound has traded with a firmer tone against the Euro, Dollar and other major currencies in the second half of the week as markets are unwilling to bet a Bank of England interest rate cuโ€ฆ

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16 January 2020 Pound Sterling: Bank of England Rate in the Driving Seat

The British Pound is being tipped to remain under pressure over the near-term as foreign exchange markets sell the currency in anticipation of a January 30 interest rate cut, but some analysts are โ€ฆ

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15 January 2020 Pound Under Pressure after UK Inflation hits Three-Year Low and Cements Case for Bank of England Rate Cut

Pound Sterling's economic headache was in danger of morphing into a migraine on Wednesday after official statistics revealed a steep and surprise fall in inflation for the month of December, all buโ€ฆ

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15 January 2020 Saunders Adds to Calls for Bank Rate Cut, Sterling Tipped to Remain Under Pressure

Bank of England MPC member Michael Saunders makes the case for an interest rate cut, and we would expect the Pound to remain under pressure in the current environment, and the short-term downtrend โ€ฆ

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15 January 2020 Pound Sterling: Forget Trade Talks, it's the Budget that will Deliver the Next Big Moves vs. the Euro and Dollar says Swiss Bank

Analyst Shahab Jalinoos at Credit Suisse in Zurich says the big ticket event for the Pound in the first three months of 2020 will come in the form of the government's budget announcement.

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