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UK data turns a corner; sterling rebound on the cards?

Sterling briefly slipped to its weakest position in three months against a broadly stronger US dollar on Thursday, although mounted somewhat...

Matthew Ryan CFA
21 February 2020
UK data turns a corner; sterling rebound on the cards?

Impressive data out of the UK boosts Sterling. Strong PMI data out of the Euro Area initiates modest rally and raises sentiment.

Matthew Ryan CFA
21 February 2020
Investors dump yen as market fears Japan recession

Foreign exchange traders dumped the Japanese yen on Wednesday, flocking instead to the US dollar, which rallied across the board against alm...

Matthew Ryan CFA
20 February 2020
Investors dump yen as market fears Japan recession

Brexit negotiations weigh heavy on the pound, reversing all gains from inflation surprise.

Matthew Ryan CFA
20 February 2020
Euro slides below 1.08 level on soft ZEW sentiment data

The euro edged below the 1.08 level against the US dollar for the first time since April 2017 on Tuesday, dragged lower by more signs of weakness in the Euro Area economy.Following on from recent underwhelming GDP growth, industrial production and retail sales data, yesterday’s ZEW sentiment indices all fell well short of expectations.

Matthew Ryan CFA
19 February 2020
Euro slides below 1.08 level on soft ZEW sentiment data

Euro slides below 1.08 level on soft ZEW sentiment data. UK inflation jumps to 6 month highs, dampening the chances of a BoE rate cut.

Matthew Ryan CFA
19 February 2020
Euro drops to three-year low as markets look past coronavirus scare

Risk assets and emerging market currencies bounced back last week as markets remain confident that the economic damage from the Coronavirus epidemic will remain contained and manageable.The change in methodology that caused a spike in reported numbers did not change this fundamental view.

Enrique Díaz-Álvarez
17 February 2020
Euro drops to three-year low as markets look past coronavirus scare

Risk assets and emerging market currencies bounced back last week as markets remain confident that the economic damage from the Coronavirus epidemic will remain contained and manageable.

Enrique Díaz-Álvarez
17 February 2020
Breakfast with the Bank of England: what’s been happening to productivity?

Clients and associates visiting Ebury’s London office on the 6th February were treated to a breakfast briefing with economist and the Bank of England’s agent for London, Rob Elder.Covering the Monetary Policy Committee’s latest interest rate decisions and the reasoning behind them.

Eleanor Stevenson
14 February 2020
Pound rockets higher, what’s driving the euro’s sell-off?

The pound leapt back above the 1.30 level against the US dollar on Thursday, rallying by almost one percent versus the greenback, on the new...

Matthew Ryan CFA
14 February 2020