The US releases its final GDP for Q1 2016. A small upgrade is expected. The actual results is 1.1%, slightly better than 0.8% expected. Within the components, we do have a miss on personal consumption, with a downgrade to 1.5%. This is not good news. Sales did beat with 1.3% against 1.2% expected...
European equity rally is bringing a few euro sellers out of the woodwork 29 June Funding currency correlation returns along with some Brexit fallout concern...
After the Brexit, we had a sharp fall of the pound with a significant bounce...
After Brexit won, we had huge volatility. However, it is far from over as scrambling continues around European capitals. And also for the pound things could get ugly...
The Brexit / Bremain vote is upon us, with wide ranging implications...
Your Economic data/Event calendar for today 21 June 2016 Greetings one and all and welcome to Tuesday's edition of Brexit poll countdown. Not a lot on the data front again but that's not stopping the fun n games particularly on GBP related pairs...
Retail brokers are tightening up ahead of the big vote It's almost becoming a daily event that the emails get pinged around from brokers warning of margin changes. IG will be increasing GBP fx pairs margins to 6% from 14.00 GMT Wednesday...
Pound buyers prevailing as European trading unfolds 20 June 2016 Highs now of 1.4672 for cable after a test of the 1.4550 support/area that I highlighted earlier. More layers of offers/res into 1.4680-1.4700/20 with stops above if breached. EURGBP has broken down through the 0...
Your economic data/event calendar for today 20 June 2016 Greetings one and all. I trust you had a good week-end and suitablY rested for the huge week ahead. Quiet start on the data front but that's not going to stop us seeing some action...
USD/JPY took a deep dive to 104 and below on the lack of action from the Bank of Japan. This may well change next month, with fiscal and monetary stimulus in play...
The British pound continues suffering and finally broke down below the 1.41 handle. It now faces strong support, and not at the round level. Here are 3 Brexit-related updates and the levels to watch: Update: the tables have totally turned with the tragic murder of MP Jo Cox...
The impact of the EU Referendum goes well beyond the shores of the UK but impacts many other currencies...
FOMC Statement and Economic Projections will take place today at 7.00pm BST, shortly followed by the Press Conference at 7.30pm BST...
Central banks will be in focus this week with the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, Swiss National Bank, and Bank of England all due to announce their latest monetary policy decisions. As always on Mondays kick start the week with my prepared currency update below...
What maintains the trend on a currency i.e. how can we differentiate between when a pair will rally and then sell off and when a pair will rally and remain at new highs...
USD Faces Fresh Headwinds - Westpac Richard Franulovich, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that the potentially softer retail sales could weigh while the Fed is likely at best neutral if not negative for the USD. Key Quotes “Risks favour USD index testing recent 92.0 lows...
JPY: Negative External Environment Remains Supportive – MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the yen has strengthened modestly overnight supported by the more risk-averse trading conditions...
Brazil: Markets Continue to Price in Perfection - BBH Analysts from Brown Brother Harriman warn that the market is pricing in a very optimist scenario in Brazil and affirm that if global markets turn again it will be amongst the most vulnerable...
Brexit Heating Up: Euro is Taking the Lead So Far - BTMU Analysts at Bank of Tokyo mitsubishi explained that they believe that the pound started to more seriously discount Brexit risk towards the end of last year...
