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Flash Crash Fun And Games
By Jeremy Cook - Jan 03, 2019
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...
Fed To Hike Rate, UK CPI Due
By Jeremy Cook - Dec 19, 2018
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...
Corbyn Pressures May, Trump Pressures The Fed
By Jeremy Cook - Dec 18, 2018
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...
FX Markets: Grinding Into The New Year
By Jeremy Cook - Dec 14, 2018
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...
Positive Tariff News Helps Yuan Higher
By Jeremy Cook - Dec 13, 2018
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...
What Next For UK Politics?
By Jeremy Cook - Dec 11, 2018
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...
G20 Meeting Keeps Things Quiet
By Jeremy Cook - Dec 10, 2018
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. The...
USD: The Biggest Loser
By Jeremy Cook - Dec 10, 2018
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 Mixed
By Jeremy Cook - Nov 28, 2018
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...