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A Brexit Breakthrough?

More words camouflage lack of progress It seems that both sides in the Brexit negotiation are becoming familiar with the bureaucratic notion of prevarication. At the...

Hard Brexit Moves Ever Closer

May struggling to find common ground Theresa May the British Prime Minister spoke to her (for now) fellow EU Heads of Government last evening in...

Yellen’s Guidance Supports Dollar

Removal of data dependency signals rate rise The combination of the removal of data dependency when making interest rate decisions, combined with the removal of...

We Don’t Have a Clue

Hi Everybody, By far the favorite social network for journalists and second favorite for financial buffs is Twitter. At least for now. The hallmark of this...

Hawkish Yellen drives Dollar Higher

Rate Hikes not data dependent In a speech yesterday designed to provide advance guidance not just for Fed actions in Q4 but going forward into...

May Offer to Push Sterling Higher

Prime Minister to offer Eur 20 billion to Break deadlock In a speech to EU leaders in Florence later today, Theresa May will stake her...

Fed Signals December Rate Hike

Withdrawal of QE to start next month The latest two-day FOMC meeting concluded yesterday with Fed Chair Janet Yellen announcing that the Fed will start...

Central Banks Hold the Key

Shifts in Monetary Policy provide long term direction First it was the European Central Bank providing a cautious approach which reflected President Mario Draghi’s view...

Sterling Higher as Hawks Prevail

Vlieghe joins call for higher rates Gertjan Vlieghe is by far the most dovish member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. He has...

Inflation Warnings Hit Dollar

Reaction to economy becoming more marked The dollar reacts to so many wide ranging and varied stimuli that it is often difficult to dissect the...

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