12 May 2017 Pound to Dollar Recovers after Data Shows Dip in US Inflation

The Pound to Dollar recovered on Friday after the release of US Inflation and Retail Sales data undershot expectations and raised questions about the strength of the US recovery.

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12 May 2017 Wait Until 2018 for British Pound Recovery say Wells Fargo Forecasters

 The Pound is expected to continue to soften in 2017 a leading investment bank has stated.

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12 May 2017 Pound Sterling Sell-Off Extends

The Pound has been falling against both the Euro and the Dollar on the morning after the Bank of England (BOE) rate meeting and the release of the BOE quarterly inflation report.

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11 May 2017 Pound Sterling sees Fresh Weakness on Bank of England Growth Forecast Cut

The Bank of England (BOE) voted 7-1 to keep policy unchanged at their rate meeting today with only Kristin Forbes wanting to raise rates and the quarterly Inflation Report meanwhile shows a downgra…

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11 May 2017 Pound to Dollar Vulnerable to Downside on Super Thursday

The Pound to Dollar could potentially see more downside following the BOE’s Super Thursday event, particularly if market participants are right about the Bank downgrading their growth forecasts.

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10 May 2017 The Pound to Dollar Rate May Struggle Above 1.30 Psychological Barrier

GBP/USD is likely to end the year at 1.3000, say Lloyds in their new set of forecasts

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08 May 2017 Near-Term Forecast for the Pound / Dollar Exchange Rate: Struggling for Traction

Markets are unexpectedly subdued on Monday morning as we look to the week ahead.

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05 May 2017 Dollar Weakens After Labour Report Shows Slowdown in Wage Growth

 The number of people gaining employment in the US rose by a higher-than-expected 211k in April according to a report from the Bureau of Labour Statistics,

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02 May 2017 UK Manufacturing Surges in April as Domestic Orders Grow, Pound Edges Higher

A major barometer of Manufacturing activity in the UK, the Purchasing Manager Index, showed a marked gain on Tuesday after it rose to a three-year high of 57.3 in April from 54.2 in the month befor…

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01 May 2017 US Dollar Weakens after US Data Disappoints

The USD Index dipped 0.08% after the release of manufacturing and inflation data which undershot expectations on Monday.

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01 May 2017 June Rate Hike at the Fed is Still Very Much On the Table, Says Nordea

Fears that the Federal Reserve (Fed) could scrap plans to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percent in June are exaggerated, says Nordea Bank’s Johnny Bo Jakobsen, in a note seen by Pound Ster…

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30 April 2017 Forecast for the Pound / Dollar Rate in the Coming Week

GBP/USD has broken out of its previous range and run up to the 1.2950s, following Theresa May’s calling of a snap general election in June.

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28 April 2017 US Dollar to Weaken, Euro to Rise, Pound Sterling to Recover: 2017 - 2018 Forecasts Updated at TD Securities

TD Securities have released their latest set of forecasts in which they have promulgated their FX vision for the next two years.

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28 April 2017 US Dollar Brushes Aside big GDP Data Miss

The US Dollar was little changed after the release of US Q1 GDP data despite results showing a much deeper slowdown than analysts had forecast.

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28 April 2017 1.30 to Test Pound-Dollar Rally as Technical Rally Extends

The Pound has shrugged off worse-than-expected GDP data and is continuing to rise.

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26 April 2017 Reagan Offers a History Lesson for the Dollar when it Comes to Tax Cuts

US tax cuts are likely to come with a hefty price tag, which will eventually weigh on the Dollar, argues HSBC’s David Bloom.

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25 April 2017 GBP/USD to Fall Back to 1.20 by the End of 2017: HSBC

The Pound is to remain weak during 2017 due to ‘imbalances’ in the economy and "political instability", argues HSBC’s David Bloom.

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23 April 2017 The Pound to Dollar Rate is Showing Upside Potential, Could Reach 1.31s

The Pound to US Dollar is showing upside potential after last week’s general election-fuelled rally, and we estimate a new target at 1.3115 for the pair.

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