The Northern Ireland protocol and its impacts on Sterling
The pound has been lifted by Monday’s agreement between the UK and EU that rids the pair of the hated Northern Ireland protocol (or at least moulds it into a shape...
The pound has been lifted by Monday’s agreement between the UK and EU that rids the pair of the hated Northern Ireland protocol (or at least moulds it into a shape...
UK Chancellor Hunt promised a "tough" autumn statement last week. But it only becomes tough after two years, and that’s when the Conservatives will likely be out of...
It is going to be a long way back for sterling to recapture the lost ground because policymakers’ credibility has been shot to pieces.
Nobody seems to believe in the UK government’s view that it can get growth to 2.5% and keep it there.
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said recently that the UK’s disastrous mini budget could prove to be one of the “worst macroeconomic policies of any major...
After a period of relative stability through the summer months, it looks as if volatility is returning again. The dollar and other “safe” currencies will probably be the...
UK CPI inflation hit its highest in 40 years in July and the country has the rather unwelcome accolade of being among the first developed countries to reach double...
The dollar remains strong and, when trying to explain this, a lot of focus is put on monetary policy and rate differentials, as if relatively high US rates suck capital...
Sterling (GBP) has not had a great year so far, but it could still get a lot worse.
The pound rose slightly after Mr. Boris Johnson said he would resign as Britain’s Prime Minister. Will the pound keep rising?
There’s little doubt that the pound could prove vulnerable once again if trade continues to slump and global investment flows stall.
The pound has been very stable in trade-weighted terms since the EU referendum slump in 2016. But is this deserved?
It still looks very likely that the UK economy will fall into recession, or at least experience a period of extremely weak growth, despite the government’s GBP15bn...
Brexit has been going for a little over a year, and most assessments seem to be that it is not going particularly well. Yet sterling is up by nearly 6% in...
The dollar remains on a firmer footing and the euro is in the firing line. These trends seem unlikely to change in the near term.
The Bank of England could be the first to hike rates, but it will be much closer to the Fed than the market thinks, even if it is not in front.