Economic updates
27 Feb 2020
Yet another morning begins with Coronvirus headlines, while the market continues to price in increasingly dire outcomes to global growth. Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, Richard Clarida, commented a few days ago that the…
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Prior preparation prevents poor performance
26 Feb 2020
As the spread of coronavirus continues, we’re seeing a larger market reaction now that developed nations (in this case, the US) are starting to question the efficacy of their response. A populist leader who is negligent in staffing key areas of the…
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The Dollar’s bull run - will it end?
24 Feb 2020
Accurately forecasting a currency’s future value isn’t easy, that’s for sure. What we can do though is use the information to hand, along with analysis of past events, to understand what drives underlying value.
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24 Feb 2020
Despite a week of solid, if not spectacular, data from the UK, EU, and US, the spread of the coronavirus has shifted market sentiment to some of the more adverse conditions we’ve seen in a while. Over the weekend, the emergence of new virus cases…
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21 Feb 2020
As we’ve observed over the past few days, markets are still extremely cautious that the coronavirus could have a significant impact on global growth in 2020.
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20 Feb 2020
Overnight, the People’s Bank of China announced further monetary policy easing to cushion the Chinese economy from the ongoing battle to contain Coronavirus.
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19 Feb 2020
Today, UK Inflation readings are expected to show a break of the downward trend which has brought price levels below the Bank of England’s Inflation Target in Q4 of last year.
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18 Feb 2020
After weeks of rather disappointing data, the anticipated strengthening of global growth is under question, but lagging indicators aren’t the only game in town.
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