Global Growth Shaken, Central Banks Stirred
The drastic measures which governments across the world have taken so far to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus have few precedents outside of...
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Preview: UK Budget Boxed in by Manifesto
The upcoming Fiscal Statement (11 March) needs to formally account for the restated public finance data, Sep-19 Spending Round splurge, manifesto...
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Covid-19: Policy Cart Coming Before the Horse
The Fed has cut its target rate by 50bp to a range of 1-1.25%, which places pressure on the BoE to make a similarly panicked move. I now expect a...
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Dollar Momentum and Big Break Points
US Dollar Index (DXY) (DXY CURNCY) – Clearing 99.40 is now testing the key 99.80 level. We remain USD bullish (long from early Jan) on pullbacks...
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UK: Jan-20 Sales Surge Starts to Fix Stats Mess
The ONS report that retail sales surged at the start of 2020, by 1.6% m-o-m ex-fuel. However, a failure to correctly adjust for Black Friday’s...
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