Jeremy Cook's Opinion & Analysis
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USD: Trade hopes dent dollarWhile it may be President’s Day in the United States and therefore a bank holiday, political news from the States continues to set the tone for the world’s...
USD: Walls of worryA poor retail sales announcement and fears that yesterday’s trade truce extension may not come to pass have weakened the U.S. dollar overnight. Retail sales fell in December...
GBP: Votes But Not Meaningful OnesSterling had a volatile day yesterday although the moves did not come courtesy of Brexit or yesterday’s inflation data. Sterling spiked just before noon on a...
USD: Trade Cliff Delayed?The continued belief that China and the U.S. will come to a trade agreement that will prevent an increase in tariffs and could result in trade taxes being cut has spurred...
GBP: Poor Politics, Poor DataSterling slipped yesterday as Q4 GDP slipped to a preliminary reading of 0.2%, a decline that would have been a lot greater if the British consumer and U.K. government...
Yesterday’s Bank of England meeting ably summarized the paucity of options that a central bank has at its disposal while the country it is responsible for goes through an immense political...
GBP: 50 Days To GoThe Bank of England has been very quiet in the past few months, not wanting to get drawn into a he-said-she-said on the impact of Brexit on the UK economy. Today, however, is their...
GBP: Sterling boosted by the jobs reportYesterday was the quietest day for Brexit headlines in a while and, alongside strong numbers within the latest jobs report, the Sterling pushed higher.
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GBP: Meet the new plan, same as the old planAs we joked last week, Theresa May’s Plan B on Brexit following her defeat on the ‘meaningful vote’ last week is the same as her Plan A....
GBP: Plan B Or No Plan B?Last Friday’s U.K. retail number revealed the retail sector had shrunk by -0.2% in the final quarter of 2018. Waning consumer confidence, coupled with slower consumer...