Tag: Fed
Sterling in the Spotlight
Regional issues arise as a deal gets closer
Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker were forced to admit defeat in their quest to find an agreement...
Dollar Direction Impossible to Predict
Variable influences drive narrow ranges
As traders try to hang on to the profits they have made during the year the dollar’s direction has become...
Dollar set for Boost as Fiscal Reforms Pass
Dollar in tight ranges as FOMC looms
There have been two major issues that have been driving the dollar recently and both look likely to...
U.S. GDP Surprise Fails to Rouse Dollar
Q3 Growth at 3.3%
In much the same way as Brexit is driving Sterling and monetary policy is steering the Euro, it seems that the...
Brexit Breakthrough Drives Sterling
Financial offer more than doubled
The U.K. press is reporting this morning that the Government has more than doubled its offer for a financial settlement...
Will There be a Powell Struggle?
As the world's first and favorite inches closer to the roundest of psychological barriers many are expecting something big to happen. It is possible...
Powell Confirmation to be Agreed
Likely to follow Yellen's lead, initially
In a prepared testimony for Congress which was delivered yesterday, Fed Chair designate., Jerome Powell, followed the course set...
Dollar Lacking Momentum
Fed. Chair Jerome Powell to be confirmed this week
The dollar has been on the back foot over the thanksgiving holiday as the drivers that...
Dollar Suffers as FOMC Turns Dovish
December rate hike called into question
The minutes of the latest FOMC meeting were released yesterday and provided traders a glimpse into the future of...
Sterling Facing Brexit Knife Edge
Hammond to deliver spending plans
Today, Philip Hammond the Chancellor of the Exchequer will deliver his final full year budget to Parliament before the U.K....