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Takes out lower trend line on hourly chart. Timber The GBPUSD just took out the lower trend line which held briefly at 1.3090 area, and we are seeing further selling as traders throw in the towel. With the price trading at lowest levels since 1985, there is not a whole lot to hang onto...
A majority of Conservatives support May YouGov polled Conservative members from July 1-4 and found that Theresa May begins the leadership race as an overwhelming favourite. T. May: 54% A. Leadsom: 20% M. Gove: 9...
July 5th, 2016: The JPY is the strongest. The GBP is the weakest. As North American traders enter for the day, the JPY is strongest currency, while the GBP is the weakest. The GBP has obviously found it's trend from comments from BOE's Carney who continues to speak of "action...
Factory orders and a speech from Dudley later It's always nice to return from a long weekend to a light economic calendar. The market is trying to find its legs as cable takes a fresh beating. There were worries about Carney and the services PMI but the news was ho-hum...
EURGBP cracks 0.8500 And that's sent cable down to test 1.3100. There's news arriving that yet another fund is halting exiting from it's property fund. Aviva is reported to have said it will suspend selling due to "extraordinary circumstances" (that old chestnut...
EURGBP cracks 0.8500 And that's sent cable down to test 1.3100. There's news arriving that yet another fund is halting exiting from it's property fund. Aviva is reported to have said it will suspend selling due to "extraordinary circumstances" (that old chestnut...
It's time to clarify some things about Brexit Going by some of the comments there have been about Brexit you'd think the UK will resemble a world akin to something from the Mad Max films. Let's be straight about a few things. No one is saying there won't be any economic fallout...
Carney presser following the release of the FPC's Financial Stability report BOE will be straight with the British people Now likely that adjustments in commercial real-estate and will tighten credit conditions There is growing evidence that post Brexit uncertainty has delayed decisions on invest...
Latest BOE Financial stability report Will reduce counter cyclical capital buffer to 0.0% from 0.5% with immediate effect until June 2017 at the least CCB cut will reduce buffer by £5...
Details from the June 2016 UK Markit/CIPS services PMI data report 5 July 2016 Prior 53.5 New orders 52.3 v s53.5 prior Composite 52.4 vs 52.0 exp. Prior 53.0 New orders 53.0 vs 51.5 prior...