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Market Pulse - Currencies
31 Jan
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FX round-up: sterling falls against the euro on further Brexit concerns

Sterling recovered early losses against the euro on Wednesday amid concerns about the terms on which Britain will leave the EU, and the pound gained against a weakening US dollar.

31 Jan
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Cryptocurrency startup vanishes with small haul of investors' cash

Almost traces of an Ethereum individual coin offering that promised to revolutionise the fruit and vegetable industry disappeared from the internet overnight, including a chunk investors' cash.

30 Jan
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FX round-up: Pound dips below $1.40 as Brexit nerves continue

Sterling dipped below $1. 40 as political and economic uncertainty over Brexit continued to play on the minds of currency traders.

29 Jan
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FX round-up: sterling slides on UK political uncertainty

Sterling slipped against the dollar and the euro after fresh concerns about political uncertainty in the UK and a rebuff by the EU over Britain's position during a Brexit transition period.

27 Jan
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Bombardier wins case against Boeing over import tariffs

Plane maker Bombardier has won a legal battle in the US against import tariffs on its C-series aircraft, the company said on Friday .

27 Jan
FX round-up: Q4 GDP data lifts pound, trade concerns simmer in background

Sterling continued grinding higher against the US dollar at the end of the week, helped by a stronger-than-expected reading on economic growth at the end of 2017 - as service sector activity picked-up - and, according to analysts, simmering concerns about the risk for increased trade frictions going forward.

26 Jan
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Currency row rumbles at Davos as Trump and ECB's Coeuré wade in

Currencies are dominating the debate at the World Economic Forum, after European Central Bank board member Benoît Coeuré called on economies to stop using exchange rates for their own competitive advantage.

25 Jan
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FX round-up: Dollar ends higher as traders try to decipher policymakers' remarks

The US dollar edged higher after in a volatile day of trading on Thursday, as US president Donald Trump argued at Davos that remarks made during the previous day by the country's Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin had been taken out of context.

24 Jan
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FX round-up: Pound surges to post-Brexit high on jobs data, softer dollar

The pound surged to a post-Brexit high on Wednesday following strong jobs data and as the dollar weakened on the back of comments from US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

23 Jan
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South Korea bans anonymous cryptocurrency trading

Bitcoin is trading well below the $11,000 mark after South Korea cracked down on trading in the crypto-currency via anonymous bank accounts.

23 Jan
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US imposes 'America First' tariffs on washing machines and solar panels, analysts sanguine

The White House has approved 30% tariffs as part of its new 'America First' trading policy in response to Chinese and South Korean manufacturers who are "damaging" domestic production.

23 Jan
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Bank of Japan leaves monetary policy unchanged, tweaks outlook

The Bank of Japan continued to keep monetary policy steady today, after it voted 8 – 1 to keep its short-term interest rate unchanged at -0. 1%, but noted that inflation expectations had remained steady, which initially saw the country's currency gain.

22 Jan
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FX round-up: Macron interview pushes pound towards first Fibonacci resistance

Sterling continued to move higher at the start of the week after French Prime Minister Emmanuele Macron appeared to hold the door open to a bespoke trading arrangement for the UK after Brexit.

22 Jan
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French would also vote to leave EU if asked same question as Britons, Macron says

In an interview on BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show, French president Emmanuel Macron said that, if given a similar "yes or no" opportunity, France would likely vote to leave the European Union.

21 Jan
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SPD delegates vote to start formal talks on 'grand coalition'

Delegates from Germany's Socialist SPD party voted on Sunday to pursue formal coalition talks with the centre-right CDU/CSU parties led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

18 Jan
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Evraz reports higher steel product output

Shares in Evraz jumped after the steelmaker reported that consolidated crude steel output was at 3. 5m tonnes during the final three months of 2017, unchanged from the prior quarter.

18 Jan
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Bitcoin veterans unshaken by South Korea ban, as analysts battle over theory

Some of the most experienced Bitcoin investors are defying regulator's threats to ban trading in the cryptocurrency and say the restrictions can be circumvented easily, while the prices began to rebound after the huge recent crash.

18 Jan
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Malaysian investors pour $2.2bn into Battersea Power Station as costs rise

Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) has agreed to buy a stake in London's Battersea Power Station building as costs continued to rise for the project development.

18 Jan
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China fourth quarter GDP growth beats forecasts, but some economists sceptical

China's economy grew more quickly than expected in 2017, according to both official and private sector estimates, but some economists believed the official figures belied the extent of the slowdown in the fourth quarter.

17 Jan
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Bitcoin's 50% plunge and Ripple effect in cryptocurrencies rout

Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies have plunged to four-week lows due to a loss of confidence sparked by regulatory proposals in South Korea and the unknown result of the expiry of initial futures contracts.