16th May 2023

Pound Pushes Lower On Jobs Report

This morning, the UK released April's labour data, showing further signs of weakness. Unemployment t (...)

12th May 2023

Will the US Default or Will the Debt Ceiling Be Raised Again?

Investors may feel concerned about the debt ceiling, as it could potentially lead to a government sh (...)

11th May 2023

Bank of England – Will More Hikes Follow?

The Bank of England is next up with their policy rate decision today - what is there to expect? We w (...)

10th May 2023

CPI Data Incoming

A surprise in CPI today could be the trigger that sees markets break out of recent ranges across maj (...)

5th May 2023

EUR outperformance begins to sag with a less aggressive ECB

The circumstances surrounding the ECB decision to hike rates by 25 basis points have started to weig (...)

4th May 2023

USD falls with a final Fed rate hike, cuts likely this year

The Federal Reserve has seemingly hiked for the final time in this cycle. As markets position for ra (...)

3rd May 2023

Traders move into haven assets as market fears rise again

With banking fears re-emerging and key risk events of the Fed and the ECB approaching, markets are l (...)

2nd May 2023

AUD jumps after a surprise RBA rate hike

Australian dollar pairs have been boosted following an unexpected 25 basis points increase in the ca (...)

28th April 2023

JPY plunges as Bank of Japan remains very dovish

The Bank of Japan has signalled that it is nowhere near ready to tighten monetary policy. The JPY is (...)

27th April 2023

USD continues to fall amid concerns about a US recession

Mounting signs of a US economic slowdown are weighing on the USD. With a first look at Q1 GDP today (...)

26th April 2023

US Big Tech earnings lift the mood as growth fears mount

Risk appetite has been lifted this morning as after-hours earnings from the US tech giants have impr (...)

25th April 2023

EUR strength amid talk of a 50 basis points ECB hike in May

With the ECB hawks arguing for a 50bps hike at next week’s ECB meeting, the performance of the EUR r (...)