Jeremy Cook's Opinion & Analysis
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GBP: Lack of data prevents an upsideYesterday’s wage data was unable to fire up the pound as the drop in unemployment was muted by lower average earnings. GBP/USD remains precariously balanced...
USDTrump’s plan backfired spectacularly yesterday as China dished out their own $60 billion worth of US tariffs. China is now targeting US agricultural goods, reducing its aircraft orders...
GBP/USD: Speech from LabourThe economic calendar for today’s trading is very thin, with no significant entries to discuss. Ulster Bank released its economic research into the performance of...
USD: Trump decides to tax US consumers furtherYesterday saw the trade war between the US and China escalate further as the Trump administration clarified its intent to raise tariffs on $200bn of...
GBP: Sterling’s brief rally is overThe pound didn’t deserve to rally on Friday and came down the other side of the mountain yesterday afternoon once it became clear that the talks between...
GBP: Local elections offering sterling hopeSterling has had an interesting bank holiday weekend, setting off like a rocket ship on Friday afternoon before settling down yesterday and finding itself...
GBP: I don’t believe youSterling fell back from its elevated levels of late yesterday as investors called the Bank of England’s bluff on the possibility of interest rate hikes in the near...
GBP: A lot to focus onSterling will attract a lot of focus today although not all of that attention will be positive. Both the Bank of England meeting and the local elections taking place today could...
USD: End of month weakness shouldn’t lastThe dollar spent a lot of yesterday on the back foot. As fund managers end a month of investment, they typically rebalance the portfolio away from...
Spanish elections over the weekend have failed to upset the euro with the already ruling PSOE party increasing their vote share and likely to begin a coalition with the far left Podemos party and...