Treasury yields soared after robust retail sales data caused traders to reassess their views on the length of the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle.The benchmark 10-year note was last down 34/32, yielding 4.851% (versus 4.71% on Monday), while the 30-year bond was last down 42/32, yielding 3.9579% (versus 3.866% on Monday).The …
Read More »US Dollar Ignores Suspected Japan’s intervention
The dollar rallied on Monday, and seems to ignore the suspected Japanese intervention. The American currency, instead, is sending China’s offshore yuan to record lows, while the British pound hesitated as Britain’s Conservative party raced to choose its third leader this year, eventually Rishi Sunak won both leadership of the …
Read More »UK Finance Minister Kwarteng has been sacked – BBC
According to the BBC, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked British Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng. Reporting on the matter, “The Telegraph now understands that Liz Truss is set to remove Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor this afternoon,” The Telegraph tweeted. “It was thought the PM’s press conference would be held at …
Read More »BoE’s Haskel: Economic inactivity will hold UK growth back
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has the tools and the resolve to return inflation to target in the medium term according to statements and remarks by policymaker Jonathan Haskel on Thursday.These remarks did nothing to help the British pound find demand and the GBP/USD pair was last seen …
Read More »EUR/GBP highest since December, approaching 0.8600
The British pound remains under pressure, still hit by the BoE meeting. The Euro among top performers on Friday. The EUR/GBP pair is posting a weekly gain of almost 200 pips, the best in months.The EUR/GBP rose further on Friday and climbed to 0.8590, reaching the highest intraday level since …
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