UK politics in 2015 will make the Scottish referendum ‘look like a Sunday picn...
02 Feb 2015This week David Bloom (Head of FX strategy for HBSC) told Bloomberg that UK politics in 2015 will make the Scottish referendum “look like a Sunday picnic”. With the General Election in May 2015 this poses a massive risk in the medium term to the Pound.
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Non-Farm Payrolls
30 Sep 2014Friday’s Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) has a particular significance and excluding any additional action from Draghi and the ECB on Thursday, NFP will be the main focus for the financial markets.
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Charles Plosser comments ahead of the FOMC meeting
16 Sep 2014Friday 12th September saw the release of a raft of high-tier US labour data. The data is closely monitored as the Fed have linked the labour market to their interest rate decision. A rate hike is now expected for early 2015 after the Fed said rates will be raised “sooner than anticipated”.
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Sterling under pressure as the referendum looms
16 Sep 2014Thursday’s historic Scottish Referendum is fast approaching with the debate continuing to heat-up from both camps; even Her Majesty has stated that she hopes voters ''think very carefully about the future''.
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Eyes are forward as we wait for the ECB Press conference
01 Sep 2014Eurozone consumer prices rose by just 0.3 percent year-on-year in August, meeting expectations but marking a fresh five-year low. This is down from 0.4 percent in July, and is significantly below the central bank's target of just below 2 percent.
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