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03/12/2010 12:50 PM

Euro fights back against the USD

The euro has gained over a cent against the USD. Economic data certainly helped the move with Euro zone Industrial Production coming out much better than expected at +1.7% month on month and +1.4% year on year, the expectation was for +0.7% and -1.9%. The positive industrial production data can be held in stark contrast [...]

03/11/2010 11:55 AM

Sterling lifted in early trading

Yesterday the Pound affirmed its status of being the current whipping-boy currency following the disappointing manufacturing and industrial production numbers yesterday morning. Given the much worse than expected trade figures from Tuesday, economic pundits had marked down their assumptions for yesterday’s data but the outcome proved even less palatable. Given the lack of anything more [...]

03/10/2010 04:41 PM

And the hits keep on coming

That is for sterling and the UK economy as Industrial production for January and manufacturing output came out much weaker than expected. Industrial output was -0.4% month on month and manufacturing output was -0.9%. Thus we have more negative feedback on top of yesterdays negatives to further reinforce the selling pressure on sterling. Gordon Brown [...]

03/09/2010 01:37 PM

Sterling sold off again

The consolidation period for Sterling did not last too long and overnight in Asian trading and so far this morning it has been under selling pressure again. The reason for the fall today has again been attributed to narrowing polls showing that Labour and conservatives are “neck and neck”. In addition credit rating agency Fitch [...]

03/08/2010 12:15 PM

Sterling holds firm

Sterling has started the week above 1.51 against the USD and over 1.10 against the euro as it looks to continue consolidating after suffering heavy losses last week. Sterling was cushioned by improvements in consumer confidence and UK PMI which showed gains in the UK service sector. The FTSE also climbed to an 18 month [...]