Bank of Canada cuts Interest Rates as expected

The Bank of Canada cut their Interest Rates as expected by 50-basis points to bring the bank rate below 4% in what their fourth consecutive cut as the central bank […]
Euro-USD rate dips below 1.08

This morning we’ve seen the Euro-USD rate dip below 1.08 adding to the sustained pressure the Euro has been under. With the Euro economy struggling and inflation continuing to hold […]
Public net borrowing sweeps past official forecasts

Ahead of the UK autumn budget that will be released in the end of this month – we saw public net borrowing sweep past official forecasts. Borrowing rose to 16.6billion […]
ECB lowered their borrowing costs by 25 basis points

ECB lowered their borrowing costs by 25 basis points to a base rate of 3.75% yesterday – which didn’t come as a surprise and markets were unchanged at the announcement. […]
Bigger than expected UK inflation drop

The pound tumbled after softer-than-expected UK inflation data emboldened investors to bet on more aggressive interest-rate cuts from the Bank of England. Sterling slid 0.6% to $1.2990, its lowest level […]
UK Unemployment Rate Improves

This morning we saw a slight improvement for UK unemployment in the last three months leading up to August. ONS (Office for National Statistics) did forecast a level of 4.1% […]
This week we have a few data releases of note

plenty of news out of the Bank of England and the Fed which will dictate decisions in November, and a lot of economic news to sink our teeth into- overall […]
Market Update
Pound Sterling has suffered more losses this morning against major currency pairs, as it now looks increasingly likely that an Interest Rate cut by the Bank of England will be […]
Market Update
Readings from the ECB bank lending survey sending mixed signals. Demand continues to fall for businesses in the Euro zone while household lending saw its first increase since 2022. A […]
Market Update
GBP’s momentum against the USD and EUR has slowdown since inflation levels for the UK were released last week. We can now see that inflation is still growing in the […]