GBP/USD Recovery Stalls — Risk Of Renewed Decline Grows

Markets Markets received another dose of realism in the form of solid US economic data. US December housing data came in on the strong side of expectations. Building permits, seen as a leading indicator for the sector, rose by 1.9% m/m (1495k) vs 0.7% expected. Shovel-in-the-ground housing starts, the next step in the process, declined […]

No matter how strong the trend, corrections are inevitable. The EURUSD pullback was driven by the closing of speculative longs after the Fed cut the federal funds rate, the fall in US stock indices, and strong macroeconomic data. However, as soon as investors bought up the S&P 500 dip and Fed officials started talking about […]

Markets Markets of late gradually faced something what, with some exaggeration, one can label as ‘tentatively reflationary vibes’. For now, hard (US) eco data, despite the post-liberation Day trade escalation held up fairly well (US payrolls, GDP, but also the likes of the EMU Q1 GDP). This allowed central bankers (Fed, BoE and several others) […]