27 December 2017 British Pound Advances On Dollar, Slips Against the Euro in Thin Holiday Trade

Pound Sterling on front foot in final week of 2017. Economic and political news flow is thin but there’s scope for low volumes to exaggerate moves in FX.

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22 December 2017 British Pound Creeps Higher Vs Euro and Dollar Ahead of Festive Break: Market Reacts to Tax Cuts, Economic Data, Catalan Election

Scope for Pound-to-Euro to push higher next week now EUR/USD has topped out, Catalan election result is weighing and Sterling is supported by data.

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22 December 2017 Pound is Vulnerable to Euro and Dollar, Despite Strong Data, as Charts Point to Short-term Weakness

Sterling may have gained a small respite from stronger UK economic data but this probably won't be enough to overcome an increasingly ugly chart.

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21 December 2017 Pound Edges Higher Vs Euro and Dollar at London Close: Tax Cuts, Economic Data and Brexit in Focus during Pre-holiday Trade

There is scope for Pound-to-Euro to edge higher over the remainder of this week after EURUSD tops out. Tax cuts, Brexit, UK economic data in focus.

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20 December 2017 British Pound Edges Higher Over Dollar, Falls to the Euro: Tax-reforms, Wages, Barnier and BoE in Focus

US tax-reforms are imminent. UK wage growth is picking up. The UK consumer outlook is clouded. Barnier puts end-date on transition and softens on trade.

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19 December 2017 Pound Sinks Against Euro and Dollar as Past Performance Weighs in Thin Pre-holiday Trade

The British currency's outperformance during November, political uncertainty and imminent tax-reforms in the US are both factors helping to constrain the Pound Tuesday.

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18 December 2017 British Pound: Sterling Clips Loss Against Euro and Dollar but Breakthrough-boost Still Elusive

Brussels’ Phase 2 negotiating guidelines may have opened a fresh can of worms for Sterling and, in a quiet week for economic data, politics will be front and centre for the currency. 

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