Will PM Truss tank the Pound?

Britain’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, is helping to sink the beleaguered pound even further – and the trajectory is only likely to get worse for the UK currency, warned the CEO

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All eyes on Jackson Hole

By Craig Erlam The day we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived as Jerome Powell prepares for his keynote speech at Jackson Hole. Powell will have chosen his words very carefully,

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Choppy trade ahead of ECB

By Craig Erlam  Stock markets are understandably choppy so far this week, as Europe posts small gains with Italy being the outlier on Tuesday, up more than 1%. It’s shaping to be

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Markets shaky ahead of ECB meeting

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM A sense of caution has taken hold of financial markets as investors adopt a guarded stance ahead of another week packed with key economic

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Beijing reopening dulls NFP retreat

By Jeffrey Halley Wall Street had another schizophrenic day on Friday as May US Non-Farm Payrolls outperformed, rising by 390,000 jobs, slightly less than April, but well above market forecasts of 325,000.

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Flip-flop in the markets

By Jeffrey Halley It was another night of tail-chasing, this time led by Goldman Sachs that said a US recession is a real possibility and that the US Dollar might fall as

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PMI shocker from China, Fed hikes rates

By Jeffrey Halley  The extent of the impact of China’s Covid zero-policy on the domestic economy was highlighted Thursday morning as the Caixin Services PMI for April recorded its second-largest fall on

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