Good morning   I’m back in the office after two weeks of travelling Europe with friends which took in some of the sights of Croatia,...

Good morning   Better than expected US retail sales data sent USD a touch higher yesterday afternoon, GBPUSD trading from 1.2865 to...

Good morning   Mid-August, can you believe it.  And can you believe that I’ve got another holiday coming up next week.  Mark certainly...

Good morning   A softer than expected US PPI number yesterday sent USD lower with GBPUSD trading up to 1.2835 and EURUSD to 1.0960. ...

Good morning   It was a pretty slow day yesterday, not much in the way of movement as we’d expected.  This morning we have had the...

Good morning   Well what a scorcher of a weekend.  Saturday was warm, but not too warm to have me working in the garden all day long....

Good morning   US jobless claims have, in all the time i’ve worked in finance, never been one of the key releases.  However, yesterday...

Good morning   UK and EU stocks closed on a positive note yesterday although US stocks closed slightly lower.  Asian equities were mixed,...

Good morning With so much attention on stock prices right now it seems only reasonable to start there, and I am pleased to report some...

Good morning Stock markets are in turmoil, US equities closed down around 3% yesterday as markets turn fearful of a hard landing...

Good morning US nonfarm employment numbers Friday were considerably worse than expected,  Not only was the headline of +114k well down on...

Good morning GBP has slumped after the BoE cut rates 25bps to 5% in a tight 5-4 vote as had been expected.  GBPUSD is now 1.2715, GBPEUR...

Good morning Welcome to August.  Could this be the day we see an interest rate cut in the UK?  The BoE announcement is at midday, the...

Good morning Lets start with the overnight news, BoJ did indeed raise rates 15bps to 0.25%.  USDJPY, which had been up at 155.00...

Good morning It was something of a quiet day yesterday and the overnight session was also pretty stable, no real surprise given the main...

Good morning I hope you had a terrific weekend.  The weather was pretty fantastic, with temperatures in the mid to high 20’s.  It felt a...

Good morning GBP suffered yesterday, trading down to 1.2850 against USD by the NY close, while GBPEUR pushed down to 1.1845.  The full...

Good morning   Bank of Canada did indeed cut rates 25bps to 4.5% yesterday.  Market impact was minimal, highlighting just how priced in...

Good morning Yen is stronger once again, UDSJPY traded down to 154.35, the lowest level since mid-May, now 154.65.  As always when Yen...

Good morning   Not a bundle of news from the currency markets this morning, GBPUSD is 1.2925, EURUSD 1.0885, still just unable to really...