Yearly Archives: 2017

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UK Supreme Court to issue Brexit decision on January 24th

19 January, 2017

Sandeep Dugg

Britain’s Supreme Court will issue its decision on whether UK Prime Minister Theresa May needs to consult the parliament before invoking Article 50, which then would begin the formal process of ending UK’s membership with the European Union.

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May sticking to hard Brexit

18 January, 2017

Ashley Finill

Yesterday Theresa May finally addressed the nation on the UK’s decision to leave the EU, bringing clarity on the governments intended Brexit plan.

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May Day

17 January, 2017

Grace Rae

We began the week yesterday on a quiet note in terms of economic data, and opened doors with the pound taking another hit following announcements over the weekend that the Prime Minister Theresa May will deliver her first…

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Busy Week Ahead – Theresa May to deliver Brexit statement tomorrow

16 January, 2017

Simon Eastman

Today could be the day to trade as we expect Theresa May to deliver Brexit statement tomorrow…

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Quiet day for UK data sees further losses for Pound

13 January, 2017

Matthew Boyle

Yesterday was a very quiet for data released from the UK, and as such it offered little defence to the Euro and US Dollar which both strengthened against it throughout the day.

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Mixed day for the pound

12 January, 2017

Rob Bastin

Yesterday provided a much busier day on the markets with both data releases and key speeches of interest. The morning kicked off with November’s Manufacturing and Industrial Production figures for the UK that had previously..

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Respite For Sterling

11 January, 2017

Simon Eastman

The pound managed to make some gains, despite starting off the day on the back foot.

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Sterling continues to drop on PMs comments re Brexit

10 January, 2017

Sandeep Dugg

Yesterday the pound had fallen to its lowest level against the US dollar for two months after weekend remarks by Theresa May appeared to add to the likelihood of a hard Brexit.

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May standing firm on hard Brexit

9 January, 2017

Ashley Finill

Last week saw the markets re-open for the start of 2017 and in the first trading week has already seen rates act in a volatile way. With the first raft of data being released across the board Sterling lost out on both the…

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Brexit defiance continues

6 January, 2017

Robin Haynes

The UK’s steady economic prosperity was given a boost yesterday by a survey (Markit Services PMI) showing that the services sector of the UK economy grew at its fastest pace for 17 months in December.

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