Selling pressure on the dollar remained in August, as the US economic recovery lagged that of Germany and France, and even Japan. Sterling moved like the US dollar in the last month, with the pound sagging a little against the euro, but gaining versus the US currency. There are increasing…
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Dovish MPC Minutes Adds to the Pressure on UK Yields
The pound has recorded a split performance this week. It fell against the low yielding currencies (Japanese yen, US dollar, euro and Swiss franc) and rose against the commodity currencies (Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars) and the Swedish krona. GBP/USD closed the week at $1.6519, pulling back from the…
Weekly Focus: Squaring Positions
At 0.69% the 2-year US bond yield is only 5bp from the low point during the crisis reached a year ago. 3-Month t-bill rates are again trading around 0%. Mainly two factors are behind this development. First of all, investors and banks are most likely reducing risk towards year-end putting…
European Markets Drop On ECB Withdrawal
European Trade: European shares moved lower in trade on Friday trade, following the Asian equity market that closed in the red. S&P futures moved side-ways throughout the overnight trading hours, but dropped eight points as the news that the ECB will withdraw their cash liquidity from the market over the…