The week's calm start on Monday continues into Tuesday, with only small releases planned. The main event today is from the United States, where the Consumer Confidence Index is predicted to improve slightly to 99.3. This improvement co...
A quiet start to the week ahead of the UK budget due on Wednesday. Over the weekend, there has been little movement in the currency market with the pound still sitting close to its highest level against the euro. This week’s bu...
Data-wise, the Eurozone flash PMIs for October were roughly consistent with predictions. The industrial sector remained in deep contraction area. The services remained in growth mode. In the UK, both sectors came in below expectatio...
Today's market schedule is significantly influenced by Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) announcements and comments by Bank of England members. PMI data in France, Germany and the Eurozone are expected to show signs of expansion, boos...
As we look ahead to next week's big budget announcement, the pound sterling goes into the budget as one of the best performing major currencies in 2024, thanks to the Bank of England's cautious approach to interest rate cuts in the fac...
Tuesday is relatively quiet on the economic front, with only one major event scheduled. The highlight of the day will be Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey's speech at 14:25. His comments are expected to attract significant attenti...
Today is a busy day in terms of economic data with the EU inflation figures due at 10am followed by the ECB’s interest rate announcement in the afternoon. Later today, we have the US retail sales & Industrial production figure...
Already released this morning, a flurry of key UK economic data has been published. CPI inflation, which was the most significant piece of data, came in significantly below the market consensus at 1.7 percent. UK inflation has dropp...
There was a relatively quiet start to the week on financial markets yesterday. This was partly due to a sparse data schedule on both sides of the Atlantic and a partial market holiday in the US. Meanwhile, currency markets remained...
Key UK Economic Data Expected to Move Pound Sterling This Week With no major economic data on the agenda for today, market attention is set to turn toward some key UK data releases later in the week. Here’s what to watch for and h...