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Morning all I think it’s best we focus on the dancing queen today… GBP May said she was confident Britain can agree a deal for its exit from the EU, although she cautioned that she would rather leave without a deal than accept to carve up the United Kingdom. GBP was weaker before May delivered READ MORE

Morning all Hope you’ve had a good weekend. Lots to talk about again today, mainly focused on US trade so we’ll start with that… USD Trump again is upsetting the markets again, this time in Canada with the trade agreements. It really put China through the mill over the past month or so, thus expect READ MORE

Morning all Either there is nothing going on in the news, or mainstream media hubs now think the economy is important… GBP Been in for a really rough ride of late, in particular Theresa May. Jeremy Corbyn has turned up the heat on the leadership battle and there doesn’t seem to be much in return READ MORE

Morning all Straight into it today.. GBP GBP has bounced half a percent across all the majors yesterday, helped by comments from Britain’s Brexit secretary that a deal with the EU was still possible. Again, this could quite easily fall either way as an imminent agreement regarding the Brexit negotiations cannot be expected. Under that READ MORE

Good morning all Hope you’ve had a good weekend; lots to discuss this morning. You may have noticed that on Friday we didn’t do an update as we thought it best for the dust to settle before diving in. Still not much clearer but we are going to give it a go. Again we are READ MORE

Morning all Getting straight into it this morning… GBP Retail sales again came out better than expected, brilliant news. GBP pushing higher and it looks like the economy (in isolation) is doing really well. Theresa May has also been busy in Salzburg, telling her 27 counterparts her priorities were maintaining economic ties and ensuring promises READ MORE

Morning all Going to change the format today and just discuss GBP in isolation and divide it into topics as there is too much to cover. Data Due strong inflation data this morning, GBP rose to a 9 week high, helped by strong UK inflation data. Really positive and finally the market reacted really well. READ MORE

Morning all Interesting documentary about Theresa May last night… GBP Last night on the BBC, Theresa May stated that the EU will have a choice between her proposed deal with the EU – or no deal at all. May was also critical of a plan by Brexiteers to resolve the Irish border issue, saying it READ MORE

Morning all Hope you had a pleasant weekend and enjoyed your raft of Monday morning meetings. Leaving the US mainly out of this mornings update, still a lot of focus on Hurricane Florence and the trade war with China which I’m sure you’re all up to date with. Good to focus on a positive GBP READ MORE

Morning all Well turns out yesterday was a non-event other than the US news. Shame really as it’s not nice being right when you’ve anticipated a boring day! We will start with the dollar today for a change… USD Weak US inflation data has led the dollar to slip to 6 week lows with the READ MORE