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Today, we stand to see further advancement in US politics, with the new President meeting his first world leader, post-election, with Japan’s Abe passing through town. We’ll also see Janet Yellen of the Federal Reserve testifying before the Joint Economic Committee today at 4PM, which will be the first time we’ve publicly seen her since […]

Today, we have important data from the US with October manufacturing production. Recently, we have seen positive signals from Markit PMI Manufacturing and ISM Manufacturing and it will be interesting to see if this follows through into today’s data. Yesterday, US retail sales came in stronger than expected and as we stand, there is a […]

Yesterday, the pound fell broadly across the markets following a leaked memo pointed to the government not having a strategy in place for Brexit. Sterling fell on the news and the move lower was compounded by UK inflation coming out weaker than expected for October. Today, we have just had the release of UK labour […]

Donald Trump is to become the new President of the United States of America. Whichever way you look at it, fair and square the numbers were read out and surprising to some he come out on top. Amongst protests and anguish from Democrat supporters, some investors were not surprised and have used Brexit as a […]

After a long, drawn out political campaign, the US Presidential Election has drawn to a close, with Republican candidate Donald Trump elected to take over the reins and move into the White House. Just like Brexit, the polls that emanated throughout have been completely inaccurate, having predicted Hilary Clinton as favourite in the Presidential race. […]

Donald Trump has won the US presidency. What effect will this have on the country’s economy and currency? Yesterday, the US went to polls to elect the country’s 45th president. After a long and hard-fought campaign, Republican Donald Trump was victorious, beating Democrat Hillary Clinton. With his first real foray into the political sphere, Mr […]

Markets have become particularly risk averse in the run up to the US Presidential election. The dollar has come under some downward pressure, giving up some ground against the euro, Sterling and the yen. This, coupled with Sterling slowly trying to regain some ground, explained our GBPUSD rally last week. The US elections may be […]

The pound began this week soft against the US dollar, which has seen a boost since the FBI announced Hillary Clinton would not face criminal charges for using a personal email server. Meanwhile, Eurozone retail sales figures are set for release, which could affect the euro’s value.   However, many analysts expect the dollar to […]

The US presidential candidates have been through three debates. Here, we look at what happened during each of them. The upcoming US election is set to be one of the most divisive in modern history. The two candidates, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, have had three combative televised debates so far. If you […]

In June, the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). This was a shock to a number of analysts both within the UK and outside it. There were so many unknowns with leaving the EU that many thought it would never happen. However, it did and now there is a great deal to negotiate […]