Posts Tagged ‘Inflation’
Markets Watching Inflation Closely
GBP The pound had a mixed week increasing against the euro by 0.4% but decreasing by 0.2% against the dollar. On Thursday the pound had its strongest one-day gain against the euro since July, this came off the back of comments from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey that BoE policymakers are actively and openly…
Read MoreFed Minutes Likely to Boost Dollar
GBP The pound had a poor week as it lost ground versus every G10 currency, bar the Swiss Franc. Versus the dollar and euro, sterling depreciated by 0.3%. It appears that the bullish sentiment on the pound has lost support over the last week, as markets start to question the Bank of England’s optimistic outlook,…
Read MoreBonds Selloff Gives the Dollar Short Term Strength
GBP The unrivalled strength of the Pound driven by the vaccine rollout now looks to have come to an end as the bond and equity markets had a difficult week. Sterling ended the week 0.6% lower against the dollar, most of this move came after the equity sell off in the United States on Thursday…
Read MoreSterling set to accelerate higher
GBP The Pound finished the week just north of the 1.12 handle against the Euro and just below 1.33 against the Dollar. Though a positive week overall for Sterling it never manged to break through the key resistance levels of 1.1215 and 1.3310 and instead spent week bouncing back off them. Should these levels be…
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