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Today’s session brings the release of a slew of economic data releases across the globe, almost guaranteeing significant price action for almost all of the world’s major currency pairs. As ever, today’s central bank announcements and commentaries are likely to cause institutional investors to adjust their predictions for the future...

A positive ZEW Economic sentiment survey, released this morning, was not enough to trigger a comeback for the EURO against the Pound on the day. Market participants continue to remain reticent about holding funds in euro-denominated assets thanks to the EU/ECB’s announcement of Cyrus’s onerous bailout conditions. The current GBP EUR...

One issue dominates the thoughts of investors in the foreign currency market at the moment – the proposed bailout for Cyprus. News has emerged within the past 24hrs that the terms of the miniscule Island state’s emergency funding package are to be re-negotiated following widespread public outrage amongst the nation’s population at the...

The euro suffered pronounced selling pressure when the currency markets re-opened at the start of today’s session following the eurogroup of Finance Ministers’ surprise weekend announcement that Cypriot savers would be forced to make a hefty contribution towards the nation’s proposed €10bn bailout. The news sent the Pound to euro...

The weekend currency market shutdown brought news of yet another eurozone bailout. The eurogroup of Finance Ministers announced, not unexpectedly, that they had agreed with the International Monetary Fund to provide an emergency advance to the debt-addled state of Cyprus in an attempt to help salve its desperate fiscal position. The €10bn...

This afternoon’s session was marked by further positive data releases in the US. Manufacturing production data for last month showed that the combined output of America’s factories expanded by a healthy 0.8% last month, while US Industrial Production data, also for February, showed a gain of 0.7%, which was well ahead of analysts’...

The Pound has consolidated on yesterday’s gains during the overnight session, following comments from Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, who stated that the British economy is on the verge of a recovery. The BoE Governor’s words represented a significant U-turn, as King has consistently delivered negative commentary regarding the state...

The major market-moving risk events during the overnight session came from the Antipodes in the form of the latest Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) policy decision and the publication of last month’s Australian unemployment data. As per analysts’ expectations, the RBNZ opted to maintain New Zealand’s domestic interest rate at...

The euro took a hit during this morning’s session as investors’ focus once again settled on Italy. The troubled Mediterranean nation, which is effectively rudderless following last month’s inconclusive general election result, was the subject of a damning result from the global bond market earlier today, when the latest auction of...

Yesterday afternoon’s closely-watched UK GDP Growth Estimate for February showed that the UK economy is still in contraction. The figure, which uses the British Government’s official modelling software to generate its forecast, suggests that Britain’s down-at-heel economy shrank at a quarterly pace of 0.1% last month. Even more...