13 July 2022 Pound Sterling: Lengthy Leadership Contest Presents Risks, Watching Gas Prices for Near-term Direction

GBP to track developments in crisis-hit gas markets over coming days but next Prime Minister could well determine how the UK currency trades over coming weeks.

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07 July 2022 Pound Sterling's Outlook Brightens as Johnson Resigns

GBP thus far oblivious of Johnson's woes, but ut there are some benefits to the currency from the current political turmoil.

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06 July 2022 Pound Sterling Finds Support as Gas Crisis Fears Ease

GBP & EUR under immense selling pressure over recent hours and look set to remain vulnerable to further losses against USD as Europe's energy crisis deepens.

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05 July 2022 Pound Sterling Outlook: Equity Market to Determine Direction against Euro and Dollar Near-term

GBP increasingly correlated with stocks, would benefit when markets recover, but further 10% decline in stocks possible says MUFG.

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01 July 2022 Pound Sterling and Swiss Franc Rise, Others Slip in Q1โ€™s IMF FX Reserve Data

The Pound and Swiss Franc built further on their shares of the global FX reserve basket during the first quarter and in a period blighted by extreme market volatility as well as more than $300 BN oโ€ฆ

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30 June 2022 Pound Sterling Underperformance May Reflect Softer UK Economy: BoE's Bailey

Pound Sterling underperformed many major counterparts during the first half of the year overall and these losses may be a symptom of underperformance by the UK economy, according to Bank of Englandโ€ฆ

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30 June 2022 Sterling's Achilles Heal, the Current Account Deficit, Surges

The UK's current account deficit has long been an 'achilles heal' for the British Pound, and new data shows it has surged in size.

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