by Ryan Littlestone | August 5th, 2021, 09:24:02 | BOE, Central Banks
Bank of England time! A bit of a changing of the guard going on. Haldane was the only voter to cut QE at the last meeting and he’s now gone. This is Vlieghe’s last meeting so it doesn’t really matter what his view are but just for reference,...
by Ryan Littlestone | May 4th, 2021, 10:58:42 | News
It could be a choppy time for GBP this week The latter part of this week could bring some waves for GBP, as we have several events coming on Thursday. 1 – Scottish Elections Potentially the biggest event of the lot. The ruling SNP party will want to win a...
by Ryan Littlestone | January 30th, 2020, 11:28:32 | BOE, Central Banks, News
One of the most finely balanced rate announcements in a long time There’s something to be said for the BOE voting system, it gives us a bit of excitement. However, the market is very split on this one. Rate odds split – 51/49% cut/hold. We’re split...
by Ryan Littlestone | December 18th, 2019, 09:03:25 | News
What’s really continuing to drive the pound lower? The main reason why GBPUSD has dropped so swiftly is because it’s spent the last 4 months rallying over 1500 pips without so much as a blink. That’s a big move in a short space of time without any...
by Ryan Littlestone | June 27th, 2019, 16:14:09 | Research
4X Global Research – Fixed Income Research & Macro Strategy (FIRMS) – 26 June 2019 It is now three years since the referendum on 23rd June 2016 in which 52% of the British electorate voted for the UK to exit the EU. The issue of whether, when and how the UK...
