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Weekly Currency Brief – 4Apr‑11Apr 2018
April 11, 2018 - 0 CommentsMy dad’s bigger than your dad Last week was dominated by the ebb and flow of punitive import taxes. It was difficult to keep score of whose turn it was...
Weekly Currency Brief – 14Mar‑22Mar 2018
March 22, 2018 - 0 CommentsTransition to higher pound On Monday the two politicians with the longest titles in the world stood together on the podium; David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the...
Weekly Currency Brief – 7Mar‑14Mar 2018
March 14, 2018 - 0 CommentsPaying no attention The chief economist of Commerzbank, Jörg Krämer, has published a paper which, among other things, plays down the traditional assumption that uncertainty upsets financial markets. He says...
Weekly Currency Brief – 21Feb‑28Feb 2018
February 15, 2018 - 0 CommentsA kind of victory It wasn’t the winner, and sterling was down by 1.2% against the South African rand, but by and large the pound had a surprisingly successful...
Weekly Currency Brief – 8Feb-15Feb 2018
February 15, 2018 - 0 CommentsGood month, bad week Sterling was not the outright winner over the last month but it did strengthen by an average of 0.8% against the other dozen most actively-traded currencies,...
Weekly Currency Brief – 24Jan-31Jan 2018
January 30, 2018 - 0 CommentsJust when you thought it was safe to go back in the water Until a couple of days ago it looked as though sterling had forgotten its woes and was...
Weekly Currency Brief – 17Jan-24Jan 2018
January 24, 2018 - 0 CommentsStatecraft 2 – 1 Statistics Sterling has prospered despite a string of UK economic statistics that were less than inspiring. It was the top performer among the major currencies, strengthening...
Weekly Currency Brief – 10Jan-17Jan 2018
January 16, 2018 - 0 CommentsAs you were In early January it looked as though the US dollar might be in for a new-year recovery after spending 2017 on the skids. Ah, how long...
Weekly Currency Brief – 3Jan-10Jan 2018
January 10, 2018 - 0 CommentsIs it the dollar’s turn? The opening battle at the beginning of 2018 has been the US dollar vs the rest of the world. It is a similar contest...
Weekly Currency Brief – 13Dec-20Dec 2017
December 20, 2017 - 0 CommentsSuits not stats Politics overshadowed the economic statistics for much of the week. In the United States, Britain, South Africa and, to an extent, the euro zone investors paid...
Weekly Currency Brief – 28Nov-7Dec 2017
December 7, 2017 - 0 CommentsGood week for the South African Rand Strong second Another good week for the South African Rand took it into first place among the most actively-traded currencies. The helping...
Weekly Currency Brief – 21Nov-28Nov 2017
November 29, 2017 - 0 CommentsWednesdays Budget might not have appealed to everyone but… Could do better It was not exactly an awful week for the pound but far from a great one. Sterling’s average...