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“Time to Sell” Pound Sterling v Dollar and Euro say BofAML Exchange Rate Strategists
July 26th, 2017
It’s “time to sell GBP” says Athanasios Vamvakidis, a foreign exchange strategist with Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research in a note to clients released ahead of the new week. The call by Vamvakidis comes as momentum against ...
UK inflation rate rises to 0.1% in November
December 15th, 2015
The UK’s inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Prices Index rose to 0.1% in November for the first time in four months, official figures show. The rate as measured by the Consumer Prices Index rose to 0.1%, the Office ...
Markets on alert for UK’s new Super Thursday of economic data
August 6th, 2015
Markets are on alert ahead of the UK’s new economic touchstone, a Super Thursday of economic data. From this Thursday, the monthly rate decision and the minutes of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting will be released together, ...
European shares seen opening lower on US-China trade worries
August 2nd, 2018
European shares may drift lower at open on Thursday amid reports the Trump administration is mulling raising tariffs on Chinese goods. A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and warning of inevitable countermeasures if the ...
European shares bounce back after turbulent week
February 12th, 2018
European shares rebounded from six-month lows on Monday as jitters over a sudden spike in volatility that wiped off $1 trillion in market capitalization last week appeared to ease. Broad-based gains helped the pan-European STOXX 600 index rise 1.5 ...
Predictions for the Pound: Updated Sterling Forecasts v Euro and Dollar set to be Downgraded at UniCredit
June 9th, 2017
Bad news for long-suffering Brits who have seen the value of their currency fall sharply following the EU referendum in 2016; expect further declines as the UK’s ongoing political uncertainty deepens. Analysts at UniCredit Bank have put clients on ...
All EU Member States’ economies set to grow in 2016, 2017 and 2018, EC forecast
February 15th, 2017
For the first time in almost a decade, the economies of all EU Member States are expected to grow for three consecutive years (2016-2018) according to the European Commission’s Winter Forecast published today. The UK economy is forecast to ...
Pound Sterling to Avoid a 10% Hit Against the Euro and Dollar say Credit Suisse
January 19th, 2017
Pound to Euro exchange rate today: 1.1560 Euro to Pound Sterling exchange rate today: 0.8652 Pound to Dollar exchange rate today: 1.2324 Pound Sterling was forecast to take another 10% slump on hard-Brexit manifesting itself according to Credit Suisse ...
Sterling slips as Brexit looms large again
May 11th, 2016
Sterling slipped against the euro and dollar on Wednesday, with investors worried that the latest polls still show Britons who want to leave the European Union at a referendum in June neck-and-neck with those who want to stay. The ...
UK economic growth revised higher in fourth quarter of 2015
March 31st, 2016
The UK economy expanded in line with expectations in the fourth quarter, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday (31 March) showed. According to the ONS, in the three months to the end of December, ...
