Posts Tagged ‘US’
Risk Aversion
Markets have responded negatively following the Fed’s gloomy outlook for the US economy and announcement to launch limited measures designated to boost growth known as Operation Twist. Operation Twist does not inject any new money into the economy but the Fed will sell USD 400bn of short term bonds and buy USD 400bn longer term [...]
The Pound has remained stable …
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The Pound has remained stable following the release of July’s Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) minutes, trading at 1.13 against the Euro and at 1.61 against the US Dollar on the interbank market.
The minutes showed that the MPC remains split, with 7 members voting to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.50% whilst 2 [...]
Sterling falls following dovish Bank of England
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The Pound has depreciated this morning (22/06/11) following the release of the latest minutes from the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The minutes indicated that the Bank of England is less likely to raise interest rates this year, which makes Sterling less attractive to investors seeking higher yielding currencies*.
The minutes show that out [...]
Interest Rates
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
Today (07/04/11) as expected the European Central Bank (ECB) has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% to 1.25%, the first such increase since July 2008. The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold for the 25th month at their historic low of 0.5% and the Bank’s Quantitative Easing Asset Purchase Programme remains [...]
Stronger than expected UK PMI Services data
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
Sterling has spiked higher today (05/04/11) following the release of stronger than expected Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) Services data. The PMI Services data is an indicator of the economic situation in the UK service sector. The reading of 57.1 was better than the expected reading of 52.5 and better than the previous reading of 52.6. [...]
Currency Matters
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The US Dollar has continued to fall following Tuesday’s meeting of the Federal Reserve. At the meeting the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold at 0.00-0.25% and kept quantitative easing at current levels. However, the Federal Reserve opened the door to the possibility of additional quantitative easing indicating that it would be prepared to [...]
Bank of England
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
The Bank of England has today kept UK interest rates on hold at 0.5% and the Bank’s current asset purchase scheme known as quantitative easing also remains on hold at £200 billion.
The Pound continues to look firm against the US Dollar trading above 1.58 on the interbank market and against the Euro the pound trades [...]
Currency Update
Posted in Currency News Currency Updates by mporter
Risk appetite has returned to the market today as the latest GDP figures from the US suggest that the US is out of recession. The US GDP figures released earlier today beat market expectations with an annualised rate of 3.5% vs 3.2% expected. Whilst these figures are positive it remains to be seen how sustainable these levels of growth are, especially after the massive government stimulus has finished working itself
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