Jeremy Cook's Opinion & Analysis
A complete archive of Jeremy Cook's articles, including current analysis & opinion.
Yesterday was a choppy day for dollar pairs as Trump and Xi confirmed that a phone call took place and that they would (all being well) be meeting at the Japanese G20 summit. The dollar remained net...
USD: Employment data and Tariffs the order of the dayU.S. labour data is due out at 13:30 so be on standby for extended volatility in the afternoon – The FOMC members have signalled that they...
USD – Focused on other currenciesAmerican lawmakers were focused on other currencies than the dollar yesterday publishing the latest round of reports into potential currency manipulation. While...
GBP: Election results mean it’s now No Deal vs RevokeSterling starts the week within touching distance of the lows that it made last week as Westminster ripples turned into waves of pain for the...
GBP: Theresa May clings onToday the Conservatives will have to front up to the European parliamentary election results which are likely to yield a heavy defeat. In light of that, you would expect it...
GBP: New push for Theresa May to goLaura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor, has hinted that there is a new push underway to oust the PM this weekend which would coincide with the end of the EU...
EUR: Austrian Government set to collapseFollowing the release of film footage showing the Freedom Party’s leader My Heinz-Christian Strache offering exclusive government contracts to a supposed...
USD: Trade risk taking a breakWe kick off the week with very few economic data releases, which is probably a good thing given how much we had to deal with last week. The small “issue” of...
GBP: Timetable set up for May’s departureTheresa May’s failure to deliver Brexit has been the elephant in the room for as long as I can remember. With the Commons looking set to vote on...
GBP: Cross-party talks unable to shift sentimentUK politics, as a whole, remains utterly useless this week with Labour continuing to take pot shots at the Conservatives and Theresa May; why should...