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Victory from the jaws of defeat GBP: Brexit optimism squeezes out shorts On four of the last six working days, the pound was at the head of the major currency field. Thursday produced an average [...]

Recession fears loom GBP: Hectic week, lucky result It was a week and a half for the pound. Tail-end Charlie for two days at the end of last week and front-runner this Monday and Thursday, [...]

Looking for lower interest rates GBP: Mixed data, cheaper houses It was a slow week for the pound. Economic data were few and far between and the Brexit rhetoric was muted by the Parliamentary [...]

Brexit wipeout GBP: Skittled by no-deal rhetoric Only days into the Johnson administration, the tough talking on Brexit got brutal. Minister Michael Gove confirmed at the weekend that he is [...]

Nine out of ten for sterling GBP: Decisive new government Sterling was unchanged on the week against the Swiss franc and lost nearly a whole US cent. Elsewhere, however, it made headway, [...]

GBP: Dancing to Brexit’s tune Sterling had a losing week, down by an average of 0.4% to the other major currencies. It could have been worse. Investors took an intense dislike to the pound [...]

GBP: No more miserable than usual Although it was a losing week for the pound, there was nothing too dramatic and its average loss against the other major currencies was only 0.2%. Sterling gave [...]

GBP: BoE governor speaks of “shipwreck” It was a game of several halves for sterling. Last Friday it was the top-performing major currency. On Tuesday it was the rear. Then on [...]

GBP: Hard Brexit fears prevail Sterling celebrated the third anniversary of the EU membership vote by tuning in to the selection process for the third prime minister since the referendum. [...]

GBP: Brexit blight persists Four weeks after the ruling Conservative party engineered the pre-resignation of Theresa May, it has whittled down to two the number of her prospective successors as [...]