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Progress in Brexit and US-China trade talks exert their influence GBP: Brexit progress gives sterling some assistance Brexit once again dominated the pound this week. While there were some data, [...]

Weaker US data send investors running GBP: Slowing down across the board The Bank of England, Brexit and the economy were the three themes of the week for sterling. Although none were especially [...]

Sterling at the back GBP: Brexit woes It was a quiet week for UK economic data, with no hugely important statistics to shape the market. Public sector borrowing was slightly less than forecast in [...]

Is the pound seeing an end in sight for Brexit? GBP: Sterling soars to four month high against the euro and two month high against USD The pound saw out a week of recovery in style, climbing to a [...]

Friday 13th, lucky for some? GBP: Sterling reaches fresh highs against USD last seen in July Sterling’s luck still seems to be improving, jumping to a high of $1.24, the first time since July [...]

Beaten by the Aussie GBP: Threat of no-deal Brexit recedes The UK economic evidence belied the pound’s strong performance. GfK’s consumer confidence measure fell three points in [...]

Buffeted by Brexit bewildermant GBP: Deal or No Deal 1 A roller-coaster week for sterling was driven almost entirely by Brexit hopes and fears. Meaningful UK economic data were almost [...]

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 [...]