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  • Weekly Currency Report (20-11-2009)
    Peter Theuninck
    20.11.09
    Peter Theuninck looks back on a week including Bank of England's three-way split on quantitative easing and eyes next week's key data.
  • Weekly Currency Report (26-06-2009)
    Peter Theuninck
    26.06.09
    The pound and dollar had strong weeks, writes Peter Theuninck, while he also casts an eye over next week's data.
  • Weekly Currency Report (19-06-09)
    Peter Theuninck
    19.06.09
    Peter Theuninck looks at movements on the markets for this week and casts an eye into next week's events.
  • Weekly Currency Report 20-06-2009
    Peter Theuninck
    12.06.09
    Peter Theuninck takes a look at the market news for the past five days - and casts an eye on the coming week.
  • Weekly Currency Report 23-01-09
    Peter Theuninck
    23.01.09
    Peter Theuninck takes a look at the week's major news on the markets, as well as peering into next week.
  • Rate cut good news for holidaymakers
    Rebecca Atkinson
    09.01.09
    This week's interest rate cut has been welcomed as good news for holidaymakers following the pound rallying against the euro and the US dollar.
  • Weekly Currency Report 12-12-08
    Peter Theuninck
    12.12.08
    Peter Theuninck looks back on a record-breaking week for the pound, as well as fiscal developments in the US.
  • Weekly Currency Report 05-12-08
    Peter Theuninck
    05.12.08
    Peter Theuninck takes a look at another week after more rate cuts, as well as peering into next week.
  • Weekly Currency Report 07-11-08
    Peter Theuninck
    07.11.08
    Peter Theuninck looks back at an epic week, as Barack Obama wins the US Presidency race and the BoE introduces a surprise rate cut.
  • Weekly Currency Report 17-10-08
    Peter Theuninck
    17.10.08
    Peter Theuninck looks at the market data for this week, while casting an eye over next week too.
  • Weekly Currency Report - 03-10-08
    Peter Theuninck
    03.10.08
    Yet another topsy-turvy week on the markets is recapped by Peter Theuninck, with a glance into next week.
  • Weekly Currency Report 12-09-08
    Peter Theuninck
    12.09.08
    Peter Theunick takes a look at the news on the markets this week, as well as what's ahead next week.
  • Weekly Currency Report - 05-09-08
    Peter Theuninck
    05.09.08
    Peter Theuninck takes a look at the news on the markets this week, as well as a cursory glance into next week.
  • Pound extends losses
    02.09.08
    The pound hit a two-and-a-half-year low against a resurgent dollar on Tuesday, as the beleaguered UK currency's battering continued amid a view of a UK economy on the brink of recession.
  • Trade-weighted pound at 11-year low
    20.03.08
    Sterling held at its lowest level in more than 11 years on a trade-weighted basis today as expectations for interest rate cuts mount.
  • Weekly Currency Report 14-03-2008
    Bruce Borrie
    14.03.08
    Bruce Borrie looks at what the markets have done and has his eyes on the US Fed's decision on interest rates next week.
  • Weekly Currency Report 29-02-08
    Bruce Borrie
    29.02.08
    Bruce Borrie takes a look at anotehr roller coaster week for the US dollar and turbulent times for sterling.
  • Weekly Currency Report 16-11-07
    Ruth Lythall
    16.11.07
    Ruth Lythall provides us with her take on this week's market action, and let's us know what is on the horizon next week.
  • Weekly Currency Report 30-03-07
    William Collins
    02.04.07
    Apart from the euro, sterling made gains on 26 March against the major currencies. This followed extremely weak US home sales data - where new home sales fell by nearly 4% in February to 850,000 units.
  • Weekly Currency Report 23-03-07
    William Collins
    23.03.07
    Sterling up versus the euro and the dollar on Monday getting some support from firm UK housing data as relative calm returned to jittery markets. Asking prices for homes in England and Wales rose an annual 12.2% this month.
  • Weekly Currency Report 16-03-07
    William Collins
    17.03.07
    Headlines from the US dominated the markets at the beginning of the week - with news that The New York Stock Exchange had suspended trading in New Century Financial, the second largest sub-prime lender.
  • Weekly Currency Report 09-03-07
    William Collins
    09.03.07
    Although this week has seen over 20 significant date releases, the markets held their breath until Thursday and Friday when the most important news of the month was released.
  • Weekly Currency Report 02-03-07
    William Collins
    02.03.07
    Tuesday afternoon saw US numbers in the form of durable goods - orders dropped 7.8% in the month of January, which was the largest decline in three years.
  • Weekly Currency Report 23-02-07
    26.02.07
    This week began quietly enough, with a market holiday for Presidents' Day in the USA on Monday meaning that trading volumes were markedly down on average.
  • Weekly Currency Report 16-02-07
    Bruce Borrie
    19.02.07
    There were mixed fortunes for sterling during the week commencing 12 February. The main culprit was UK CPI inflation which tumbled from a previous 11-year high of 3.0% to a lower-than-expected 2.7% month/month.
  • Weekly Currency Report 09-02-07
    William Collins
    12.02.07
    The Foreign Exchange market has been relatively muted this week, with investors seen as holding judgement until Thursday 8 February's interest rate decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank.
  • Weekly Currency Report 02-02-07
    William Collins
    02.02.07
    This week's busy data schedule has contrasted sharply with that of last week, with nearly three times as many pieces of news to sift through.
  • Weekly Currency Report 26-01-07
    William Collins
    29.01.07
    Despite the relative lack of economic data releases from the majors this week, the foreign exchange market has remained volatile and prone to overreactions.
  • Weekly Currency Report 19-01-07
    William Collins
    19.01.07
    Once again this week, sterling has dominated the headlines, due mainly to the inflation numbers that were released on Tuesday 16 January.
  • Weekly Currency Report 12-01-07
    William Collins
    12.01.07
    Entirely unexpectedly on 11 January, The Bank of England decided to raise UK interest rates by 0.25% to 5.25%.
  • Weekly Currency Report 22-12-06
    William Collins
    22.12.06
    As expected in the run up to the Christmas break, the markets have been relatively flat and range bound.