26 September 2017 Demand for Pound Sterling Might be Peaking Suggests Citi Client Data

Traders' appetite for Pounds may have reached its limit and is increasingly at risk of falling, according to study of order flows undertaken by Scott Dingman, Quantitative analyst at Citibank.

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21 September 2017 Pound Sterling Rises vs Dollar, Euro and G10 as Details of May's Florence Speech are Drip-Fed to Journalists

Talk of a the UK Government uniting around a fixed settlement fee to be paid to the EU and the need for a two year transitional deal appear to have aided Pound Sterling higher.

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20 September 2017 E.U. to Accept May's Brexit-Bill Offer in Order to Keep London's Finances Flowing say Goldman Sachs

โ€œThe EU-27 has a financial and an economic incentive to accept that proposal. The EU-27 will face a financial shortfall without it" - Andrew Benito, aGoldman Sachs.

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20 September 2017 Pound Stretches Legs vs Dollar and Euro as UK Retail Sales Beat Expectations, Cement Case for Nov Interest Rate Rise

"Todayโ€™s retail sales figures indicate that consumers are showing an impressive resilience in the face of the ongoing real pay squeeze" - Ruth Gregory, Capital Economics.

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20 September 2017 Pound's Rally has "Further to Run" say Deutsche Bank

The Pound's rally could continue in the near-term as short-positioning is flushed out of the market and a November interest rate rise is fully priced argue analysts at Deutsche Bank.

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19 September 2017 Pound Sterling Forecasts vs US Dollar + Euro Upgraded at Investec

A rate hike is almost certainly on the cards for November, says Investec, but the outlook beyond here has become more clouded.

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18 September 2017 British Pound Fades on Profit-Taking as Carney Delivers Steady Message to Audience at IMF in Washington

Carney did little to add renewed impetus to last week's Sterling rally while the bulk of strategists see only a one-time boost from a BoE hike.

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