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2 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Lucy Raitano |Amanda Cooper |Joe Bavier
(Reuters) June 11 - Sterling fell against a firmer dollar on Wednesday, as markets geared up for a multi-year UK spending review due later in the day from British finance minister Rachel Reeves, who is set to reveal how public spending will be divided up. The pound was last down 0.2% versus the dollar at $1.3472, and was weaker against the euro, which rose 0.1% to 84.68 pence .
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2 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Linda Pasquini |Amanda Cooper |Kevin Liffey
June 9 (Reuters) - Sterling rose against the dollar on Monday, as the greenback weakened after rallying on Friday on the back of a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report and investors eyed a spending plan by Britain's government later this week. The pound has been helped by a UK economy that has proved relatively resilient to global turbulence.
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3 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Amanda Cooper |Aidan Lewis
LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - The pound trod water on Tuesday, holding mostly steady against the dollar and the euro, ahead of a raft of Bank of England speakers and an auction of long-dated government bonds that may offer a gauge of investor confidence in Britain's finances. Sterling was last down 0.15% against the dollar at $1.352, near last month's more-than three-year highs. The euro was also stable against the pound at 84.45 pence.
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1 month ago |
gurutrade.com | Dhara Ranasinghe |Amanda Cooper
LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Barclays no longer expects the U.S. economy to slip into a recession later this year and has revised up its growth forecasts, given signs of a de-escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions, the bank said in a note released late Thursday. Barclays said it now expects the U.S. economy to grow 0.5% this year and 1.6% next year, up from previous forecasts of -0.3% and 1.5%, respectively.
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2 months ago |
gurutrade.com | Amanda Cooper |Gareth Jones
LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - The pound rallied against the dollar on Thursday amid growing investor pessimism over the lack of any real progress in de-escalating the trade war between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies. U.S. assets, including the dollar, had jumped on Wednesday following a report that President Donald Trump's administration was considering cutting its 145% levy on Chinese imports.
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