Jeremy Cook's Opinion & Analysis
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JPY – Spiking but on what?It’s rare we start with the yen but movements overnight have made it impossible to not do so. A ‘flash crash’ in the yen – a period of extreme...
USD – Shutdown pressures yield to trade war influenceThe dollar has started the year on the front foot, mainly courtesy of lingering global fears over the state of wider stock markets and the...
USD: A hike, but a dovish oneThe final Federal Reserve meeting of the year takes place this evening in Washington with expectations of an increase in interest rates to be met. An increase in the Fed...
GBP: Nobody has the votesBBC Parliament is rapidly replacing Bloomberg as the channel of choice on the TVs here at WorldFirst HQ as politics continues to keep the pound at depressed levels. Sterling...
GBP: Vote postponed until the New YearNews that the ‘meaningful vote’ on Theresa May’s Brexit plan will not be put to the Commons this year has taken a bit of the risk out of...
GBP: Does 48 turn into 158?The Sterling has had its quietest session for a few weeks yesterday; catching its breath after hitting a 20 month low yesterday in trade-weighted terms. We’ve never...
GBP: UK politics a laughing stock?It doesn’t matter whether you’re a seasoned political reporter with years’ of experience or just a casual observer, you still don’t know what...
EUR: Can we hang on?EUR/USD has run higher in the past day or so courtesy of some comments from Fed Chair Powell about the prospects for future interest rate increases in the States next year.
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USD: Fed leaksThe US was the biggest loser in yesterday’s trading. A leak ahead of the Fed meeting suggested that they felt rates were “just below” neutral. If you compare this with...
USD: GM and tariffs keep dollar mixedSterling did very little yesterday with the political cacophony thankfully dying off for 24 hours. The date for the meaningful vote has been set for December 11th...