Last Central Bank Decisions Of The Year This Week

Last Central Bank Decisions Of The Year This Week

This week is pretty huge on the data and announcement front- with plenty going on in the market since the strong NFP data on Friday which supported the Dollar against the Euro and Sterling into the close. The main takeaway from Fridays jobs data is that the labour...
Last Central Bank Decisions Of The Year This Week

Surprise upside for Pound Sterling exchange rates.

Last week’s data releases provided strength for the Pound after a pretty downbeat month or so on the market- showing that UK PMI numbers were back over the 50 area, which means that the UK economy is no longer contracting- we may not see massive growth over the...
Sterling drops after surprise weak retail sales.

Sterling drops after surprise weak retail sales.

Last week was generally pretty supportive for Sterling exchange rates from a data perspective- however on Friday this all changed very quickly as retail sales numbers came out as low as they were last in the pandemic. These spending numbers have pretty much confirmed...
Sterling rises following BoE Decision.

Sterling rises following BoE Decision.

After an important week of data and Central Bank decisions- Sterling exchange rates have managed to stabilise higher than where they started last week, both up around 1% respectively. The main reason for this was the Bank of England meeting where Governor Bailey...